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Gypsum imports via New Mangalore at 108 tons in December

January 27: Import of gypsum via New Mangalore port stood at 108 tons during the month of December 2015 whereas during the previous month, gypsum was not imported via the port according to provisional data available with ICMW.

During the first nine months (April-December) of 2014-15, total gypsum handled by the port stood at 170,384 tons whereas the figure stood at 82,573 tons during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.

Following are the monthly details of gypsum import via New Mangalore port on 2014-15 and 2013-14:

During the month of December 2014, the entire material came in from Iran at a price of Rs 5,697 ($91) per ton.