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Jan PCI imports via Kolkata spurt 259% m-o-m

February 25: PCI coal imports through the port of Kolkata surged more than 259% to 96,719 tons in January 2015 against a volume of 26,895 tons in December 2014, as per provisional information available with ICMW.

Imports of the material amounted to 31,481 tons in January 2014 while, for the first 10 months of the current fiscal, the volumes stood at 493,088 tons against 304,671 tons recorded for the same period in the previous fiscal.

Total PCI imports via Kolkata Port stood at 397,790 tons for the entire fiscal of 2013-14.

Following are the details of PCI coal imports via Kolkata Port:

In January, 78,036 tons arrived from Australia in a band of Rs 6,362 – Rs 6,865 ($102-109) per ton and 18,683 tons from South Africa at a price range of Rs 6,233 – 6,646 ($98-104) per ton.

In December, all the consignments arrived from Australia in a unit price of Rs 6,313 ($101).