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Coking coal imports via Gangavaram rose 20.11%m-o-m in September

23 Oct 2013

October 23: Coking coal import through the port of Gangavaram rose 20.11% to 335,696 tons in September 2013 compared to 247,676 tons in August 2013, as per provisional information available with ICMW.

With this, imports via Gangavaram port during the first half (April-September) of 2013-14 stood at 2,376,445 tons, 11.33% higher than 2,134,579 tons imported during the corresponding period of 2012-13.

Following are the details of imports in 2012-13 and 2013-14 (in tons):

Month

Imports in 2012-13 (in tons)

Imports in 2013-14 (in tons)

April

-

597,775

May

519,011

215,056

June

605,928

389,952

July

480,640

590,290

August

249,513

247,676

September

279,487

335,696

October

468,411

 

November

270,212

 

December

123,645

 

January

583,553

 

February

484,696

 

March

324,740

 

Total

4,389,836

2,376,445

 
During September 2013, 302,257 tons of coking coal came from Australia at a price range of Rs 8,792-Rs 10,438 ($139-$156) per ton while only 33439 tons came from Mozambique at Rs 8,649 ($129) per ton.

During August 2013, 142,374 tons of coking coal came from Australia at a price range of Rs 9,714-Rs 9,845 ($149-$160) per ton, 30,750 tons came from Mozambique at a price of Rs 8,256 ($134) per ton while 74,552 tons came from USA at a price of Rs 9,371 ($143) per ton.