Imported coal stocks at nine ports down 4% w-o-w
03 Feb 2016
India’s imported coal stocks at nine ports stood at 7.74 mt as on January 29, 2016, down 4.02% from 8.07 mt on January 22, 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 2.02 mt, as on January 29, down 19.25% from 2.50 mt on January 22. At Krishnapatnam Port, the stocks increased 4.75% to 1.91 mt in the current week from 1.83 mt in the previous week.
A significant increase was noticed at New Mangalore Port by 19.04% to 0.50 mt on January 22 from 0.42 mt on January 22.
Coal stocks at Haldia Port decreased 1% to 0.99 mt on January 29, from 1 mt on January 22. The stocks at Dhamra Port remained almost flat.
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, Jan 29 |
As on Jan 22, 2016 |
As on Aug 7, 2015 |
As on Jan 31 2015 |
|
KANDLA |
NA |
NA |
0.350 |
0.191 |
VOC |
NA |
NA |
1.065 |
1.022 |
NEW MANGALORE |
0.500 |
0.420 |
0.979 |
0.600 |
MUNDRA |
NA |
NA |
1.800 |
0.993 |
MUMBAI |
0.066 |
0.068 |
0.166 |
0.182 |
KOLKATA |
0.990 |
1.000 |
1.161 |
0.789 |
MARMAGOA |
0.446 |
0.444 |
0.100 |
0.129 |
PARADIP |
2.021 |
2.503 |
2.665 |
3.048 |
VIZAG |
0.620 |
0.600 |
1.552 |
1.200 |
KRISHNAPATNAM |
1.917 |
1.830 |
2.700 |
NA |
PIPAVAV |
0.189 |
0.189 |
NA |
NA |
DHAMRA |
1.000 |
1.020 |
NA |
NA |
TOTAL |
7.749 |
8.074 |
12.538 |
8.154 |
Source: ICMW