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No PCI coal imported through Vizag Port in December

There were no PCI coal imports through Vizag Port in December 2015 while in November, these were at 32,522 tons, as per provisional data available with ICMW.

In December 2014, volumes were at a hefty 118,597 tons.

Thus, total PCI imports for the first nine months of the current fiscal of 2015-16 stood unchanged at 405,431 tons against 425,858 tons reported in the same period of the previous fiscal, declining 4.79% in this period year-on-year.

On a cumulative basis, imports of the material for fiscal 2014-15 stood at 646,679 tons.
 

Following is the monthly break-up of PCI coal imports via Vizag Port in 2015-16 and through 2014-15:

In November 2015, a single consignment arrived from Australia at a unit price of Rs 4,803 ($73).