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India’s December coal imports edge up 7% m-o-m

India’s coal and coke imports in December 2015 through 31 major and non-major ports are estimated to have risen by 6.8% compared to November 2015, according to a provisional compilation by ICMW, based on monitoring of vessels’ positions and data received from shipping companies.

Imports during December 2015 stood at 17.36 million tons (mt) (provisional) as compared to 16.25 mt (revised) imported in November.

The provisional figure for the month of November 2015 was 17.13 mt.

Imports in December 2014 stood at 22.13 mt, according to ICMW’s compilation.

Of the total imports during December 2015, non-coking coal was at 12.43 mt against 11.94 mt imported in November. Coking coal imports were at 3.66 mt in December 2015, up from 2.92 mt in November 2015.

Metallurgical coke imports during the month rose marginally to 0.24 mt from 0.23 mt last month while petroleum coke imports decreased to 0.70 mt in December 2015 from 0.78 mt in November 2015.

PCI coal imports were at 0.20 mt in December 2015, a drop from 0.26 mt imported in November 2015.

Anthracite coal imports, on the other hand, increased to 0.14 mt in December 2015 from 0.11 mt in November.

Following table provides comparison of imports of various types of coal in December 2015, November 2015 and December 2014 (in million tons).

  * The data is provisional

The following charts give month-on-month imports of CC, NCC, Anthracite, PCI, Pet and Met coke through the east and west coast of India (in mt):

Source: ICMW