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Met coke imports via Kolkata up 32% m-o-m in Dec

16 Jan 2015

January 16: Met coke imports through the port of Kolkata rose 32.41% to 37,590 tons in December 2014 against 28,390 tons in November, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

Met coke imports in December 2013 were at 22,122 tons.

Imports of the material for the first nine months of the current fiscal of 2014-15 were thus at 377,964 tons against 373,507 tons recorded for the same period in the previous fiscal.

Total met coke imports via Kolkata Port stood at 510,327 tons for the full financial year of 2013.

Following are the details of met coke imports via Kolkata Port in 2013-14 and 2014-15:

Month

2013-14 (in tons)

2014-15 (in tons)

April

61,119

74,380

May

49,216

58,779

June

30,628

65,655

July

40,678

14,479

August

110,718

46,096

September

17,346

33,737

October

23,953

18,858

November

17,727

28,390

December

22,122

37,590

January

20,998

 

February

64,714

 

March

51,108

 

Total

510,327

377,964

In December, 26,000 tons arrived from Australia in a price range of Rs 8,835 – Rs 14,064 ($138-220) per ton while the balance 11,590 tons came in from China in a price range of Rs 12,225 – Rs 14,645 ($192-229) per ton.

In November, imports consisted of 21,095 tons from China in a range of Rs 11,588 – Rs 12,659 ($187-205) per ton and 7,295 tons from Russia in a range of Rs 12,883 – Rs 13,029 ($208).