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Gypsum imports via Kolkata rise to 242 tons in Jan m-o-m

February 12: Import volumes of gypsum via Kolkata Port rose to 242 tons in January 2014 against 134 tons reported in December 2013, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

In January 2014, 135 tons arrived from Iran at Rs 5,990 ($96) per ton, 28 tons from Turkey at a unit price of Rs 6,922 ($110), 73 tons from Thailand in a range of Rs 6,484 – Rs 17,831 ($104-$286) per ton and 6 tons from Malaysia at Rs 8,581 ($138) per ton.

In December, 84 tons arrived from Iran at Rs 7,127 ($114) and 50 tons from Thailand at Rs 6,964 ($111) per ton.