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Sept anthracite imports via Kolkata drop 54% m-o-m

24 Oct 2014

October 24: Anthracite coal imports through the port of Kolkata declined 53.99% to 5,999 tons in September 2014 against 13,041 tons in August, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

In September 2013, a volume of 1,008 tons had been imported.

Imports for the first six months of the current fiscal were at 102,063 tons against a volume of 50,662 tons in the same period of the previous fiscal.

Total anthracite coal imports from Kolkata stood at 160,858 tons for the entire financial year of 2013-14.

Following is the break-up of anthracite coal imports via Kolkata Port in 2013-14 & 2014-15:

Month

2012-13 (in tons)

2013-14 (in tons)

April

1,040

38,549

May

18,687

2,805

June

5,273

8,523

July

15,314

33,146

August

9,340

13,041

September

1,008

5,999

October

10,931

 

November

8,560

 

December

15,630

 

January

38,449

 

February

13,627

 

March

22,999

 

Total

160,858

102,063

In September, imports consisted of 5,501 tons from Ukraine in a band of Rs 8,749 –Rs 10,919 ($143-179) per ton, while the balance 498 tons arrived in a band of Rs 22,239 – Rs 25,976 ($366-421) per ton.

In August, anthracite imports included 12,402 tons from Ukraine in a range of Rs 8,706 – Rs 10,882 ($143 – Rs 179) per ton and the balance 639 tons from China in a range of Rs 22,328 – Rs 25,258 ($368-408) per ton.