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Imported coal stocks at 9 ports up 4% w-o-w

India’s imported coal stocks at nine ports stood at 9.30 mt on March 11, 2016, up 3.94% compared to 8.95 mt as on March 4, 2016, according to provisional data available with ICMW. 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 2.44 mt, as on March 11, 2016, up 8.78% from 2.24 mt March 4. At Krishnapatnam Port, the stocks stood at 1.75 mt, up 5.17% mt from 1.66 mt.

Coal stocks at Pipavav Port increased 2.25% to 0.77 mt on March 11 as against 0.75 mt on March 4. A 5.77% decrease was noticed at Mumbai Port to 0.04 mt on March 11 from 0.05 mt on March 4. Apart from Mumbai Port, all the ports have seen an increase in coal stocks.

The following table gives port-wise break-up of imported coal stocks at various ports: