Imported coal stock at 9 ports down 7.26% w-o-w
22 Mar 2016
India’s imported coal stocks at nine ports stood at 8.62 mt on March 18, 2016, down 7.26% compared to 9.30 mt as on March 11, 2016, according to provisional data available with ICMW.
As the financial year is about to end, coal despatched from the ports has increased, according to a senior official from Krishnapatnam Port.
The compiled ports were Mumbai, New Mangalore, Haldia, Marmagoa, Paradip, Vizag, Krishnapatnam, Dhamra and Pipavav.
The highest volume of coal stocks was available at Paradip Port, at 2.25 mt, as on March 18, 2016, down 7.70% from 2.44 mt March 11. At Krishnapatnam Port, the stocks remains unchanged at 1.75 mt.
Coal stocks at Pipavav Port decreased 15.80% to 0.65 mt on March 18 as against 0.77 mt on March 11. A 10.05% decrease was noticed at Vizag Port at 0.85 mt on March 18 from 0.94 mt on March 11. The coal stocks at Mumbai Port remained unchanged at 2.04% to 0.04 mt.
The following table gives port-wise break-up of imported coal stocks at various ports:
Port |
(in million tons) |
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As on March 18, 2016 |
As on March 11, 2016 |
As on September 18, 2016 |
As on March 20,2016 |
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KANDLA |
NA |
NA |
0.392 |
0.193 |
VOC |
NA |
NA |
1.200 |
1.084 |
NEW MANGALORE |
0.557 |
0.593 |
0.953 |
0.900 |
MUNDRA |
NA |
NA |
2.500 |
0.520 |
MUMBAI |
0.048 |
0.049 |
0.147 |
0.187 |
KOLKATA |
0.990 |
1.104 |
1.191 |
0.705 |
MARMAGOA |
0.430 |
0.450 |
0.134 |
0.155 |
PARADIP |
2.254 |
2.442 |
2.394 |
2.822 |
VIZAG |
0.850 |
0.945 |
1.700 |
1.330 |
KRISHNAPATNAM |
1.750 |
1.750 |
2.800 |
NA |
PIPAVAV |
0.650 |
0.772 |
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DHAMRA |
1.100 |
1.200 |
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TOTAL |
8.629 |
9.305 |
13.411 |
7.896 |