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Coking coal imports via Paradip rise 29.33% in Nov m-o-m

20 Dec 2013

December 20: Imports of coking coal through the port of Paradip in November 2013 rose 29.33% to 780,965 tons against 487,630 tons in October, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

With this, total imports of met coke via the port during the first eight months of the current fiscal stood at 3,971,576 tons compared to 2,593,780 tons imported in the same period last year.

Total coking coal imports in the last financial year of 2012-13 stood at 3,982,521 tons.

Following are the details of coking coal imports via Paradip in 2012-13 and 2013-14:

Month

2012-13
(in tons)

2013-14
(in tons)

April

254,605

270,990

May

513,648

513,624

June

333,373

388,541

July

422,105

395,309

August

442,855

767,992

September

226,387

366525

October

161,514

487,630

November

239,293

780,965 

December

341,527

 

January

615,983

 

February

144,853

 

March

286,379

 

Total

3,982,521

3,971,576

The following table gives details of coking coal imports via Paradip in Nov 2013:

COKING COAL

Country Of Origin

Date

Item Description

Unit Price
(in Rs/ton)

 Unit Price
(in $/ton)

 Quantity (in tons)

AUSTRALIA

Nov'13

COKING COAL

          10,190

            164

         113,137

4-Nov-13

COKING COAL

            9,752

            157

         112,158

7-Nov-13

COKING COAL

            8,670

            139

           13,221

8-Nov-13

COKING COAL

            9,584

            152

           63,406

13-Nov-13

COKING COAL

          10,199

            162

           48,735

15-Nov-13

COKING COAL

            9,945

            158

           39,168

18-Nov-13

COKING COAL

          10,209

            162

           72,788

21-Nov-13

COKING COAL

          11,604

            184

           57,301

25-Nov-13

COKING COAL

            9,249

            146

         155,010

28-Nov-13

COKING COAL

          11,436

            181

             1,676

AUSTRALIA Total

        676,600

CANADA

21-Nov-13

COKING COAL

          10,834

            172

           62,782

CANADA Total

          62,782

MOZAMBIQUE

20-Nov-13

COKING COAL

          10,133

            161

           13,562

MOZAMBIQUE Total

          13,562

NEW ZEALAND

19-Nov-13

COKING COAL

          10,017

            159

           19,766

NEW ZEALAND Total

          19,766

UNITED STATES

4-Nov-13

COKING COAL

            9,552

            154

             8,256

UNITED STATES Total

            8,256

COKING COAL Total

        780,965

In November 676600 tons arrived from Australia in a price band of Rs 8670 – Rs 11604 ($139-$184) per ton, 62782 tons arrived from Canada at Rs 10834 ($172) per ton among others.

In October 2013, 398,203 tons arrived from Australia in a price band of Rs 8,202 – Rs 10,313 ($131-$165) per ton, 49,427 tons came in from the US in a price range of Rs 9,701 – Rs 9,552 ($155-$154) per ton), while 40,000 tons arrived from another source at a unit price of Rs 9,185 ($148).