Average tea prices in India, the world's second-biggest producer, jumped at this week's auction on robust demand amid a drop in supplies due to dry weather. The CTC (crush-tear-curl) grade leaf was sold at 170.44 rupees ($2.84) per kg, up 2.85 percent from the previous auction, while prices of the dust grade surged 8.62 percent to 183.18 rupees per kg. India's tea production in April dropped by a quarter from a year earlier to 56.77 million kg due to a drop in plucking in the top producing Assam state following extreme dry weather.
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