Dec PCI imports via Kolkata Port surge 115% m-o-m
20 Jan 2016
PCI coal imports through the port of Kolkata were at 87,485 tons in December 2015 against 40,760 tons in November, showing a month-on-month increase of 114.63%, as per provisional information available with ICMW.
Imports of the material amounted to a much lower 26,895 tons in December 2014 while for fiscal 2014-15, the volumes stood at 615,010 tons.
With the December figures, total imports of the material in the first nine months of the current fiscal of 2015-16 stood at 486,240 tons against 396,369 tons seen in the same period of the previous fiscal, rising 22.67% year-on-year.
Following are the details of PCI coal imports via Kolkata Port 2015-16 and 2014-15:
Month |
2015-16 (in tons) |
2014-15 (in tons) |
April |
64,460 |
56,828 |
May |
83,664 |
32,136 |
June |
41,083 |
64,081 |
July |
11,750 |
25,017 |
August |
36,883 |
57,979 |
September |
82,357 |
44,865 |
October |
37,798 |
23,425 |
November |
40,760 |
65,143 |
December |
87,485 |
26,895 |
January |
|
96,719 |
February |
|
60,916 |
March |
|
61,006 |
Total |
486,240 |
615,010 |
In December 2015, a volume of 80,794 tons arrived from Australia in a band of Rs 4,858 – Rs 5,155 ($72-77) per ton, 6,690 tons from South Africa in a band of Rs 4,007 – Rs 4,038 ($60) per ton.
November 2015 saw almost the entire volume arriving from Australia in a band of Rs 4,674 – Rs 4,797 ($70-73) per ton.
The following table carries details of pet coke imports through Kolkata Port in December 2015:
PCI COAL IMPORT, KOLKATA |
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Country Of Origin |
Date |
Item Description |
Unit Price (in Rs/Ton) |
Unit Price (in $/Ton) |
Quantity (in Tons) |
AUSTRALIA |
1-Dec-15 |
LOW ASH PCI COAL (TSL PCI 8) -NON COKING COAL |
5,116 |
77 |
20,000 |
14-Dec-15 |
LOW ASH PCI COAL (TSL PCI 8) -NON COKING COAL |
5,155 |
77 |
6,836 |
|
TOWER 18 PCI COAL-NON COKING COAL |
4,874 |
72 |
20,000 |
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15-Dec-15 |
CENTURY PCI COAL |
4,858 |
72 |
22,000 |
|
19-Dec-15 |
TOWER 18 PCI COAL, , NON COKING COAL |
4,914 |
73 |
4,482 |
|
22-Dec-15 |
CENTURY PCI COAL |
4,858 |
72 |
7,476 |
|
AUSTRALIA Total |
80,794 |
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COLOMBIA |
17-Dec-15 |
URFEGA METALLURGICAL BLEND COAL SAMPLE (AND IS FOR TEST.PURPOSE ONLY) (NO COMMERCIAL VALUE-ONLY FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSE) |
- |
- |
1 |
COLOMBIA Total |
1 |
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SOUTH AFRICA |
18-Dec-15 |
HIGH ASH ENERGY COAL |
4,007 |
60 |
5,027 |
23-Dec-15 |
HIGH ASH ENERGY COAL |
4,038 |
60 |
1,663 |
|
SOUTH AFRICA Total |
6,690 |
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PCI COAL Total |
87,485 |