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July steam coal imports via Kolkata down 38.2% m-o-m in Aug

11 Sep 2013

September 11: Steam coal imports through the port of Kolkata stood at 203,365 tons in August 2013 against 328,994 tons recorded in July 2013, showing a drop of 38.18%, as per provisional data available with ICMW.

With this, steam coal imports via Kolkata during the first five months of 2013-14 stood at 1,473,291 tons against 814,804 tons imported during 2012-13.

Imports in August 2012 were at 34,329 tons.

Total imports in 2012-13 amounted to 1,696,998 tons.

Following are the details of steam coal imports via Kolkata in 2012-13 and 2013-14:


Month

2012-13 (in tons)

2013-14 (in tons)

April

205,201

185,506

May

278,834

338,779

June

158,808

416,647

July

137,632

328,994

August

34,329

203,365

September

66,898

 

October

70,790

 

November

191,338

 

December

238,002

 

January

221,799

 

February

22,000

 

March

71,368

 

Total

1,696,998

1,473,291

The following table gives details of steam coal imports via Kolkata port in August 2013:


NON COKING COAL

Country Of Origin

Date

Item Description

Unit Price (in Rs/ton)

 Unit Price (in $/ton)

 Quantity (in tons)

INDONESIA

2-Aug-13

IMPORTED STEAM COAL (AS PER ANALYSIS CFT GROSS CALORIFIC VALUE (ADB) 6391KCAL/KG)

        4,538

          74

           26,986

5-Aug-13

IMPORTED STEAM COAL (AS PER ANALYSIS CFT GROSS CALORIFIC VALUE (ADB) 6387 KCAL/KG)

        4,602

          75

           27,300

IMPORTED STEAM COAL (AS PER ANALYSIS CFT GROSS CALORIFIC VALUE (ADB) 6391KCAL/KG

        4,317

          70

           25,000

7-Aug-13

IMPORTED STEAM COAL (AS PER ANALYSIS CFT GROSS CALORIFIC VALUE (ADB) 6053 KCAL/KG)

        4,353

          71

           26,918

IMPORTED STEAM COAL (AS PER ANALYSIS CFT. GROSS CALORIFIC VALUE (ADB) 6246 KCAL/KG)

        4,474

          73

           21,255

13-Aug-13

IMPORTED STEAM COAL (AS PER ANALYSIS CFT GROSS CALORIFIC VALUE (ADB) 6288 KCAL/KG)

        4,173

          68

           21,906

14-Aug-13

STEAM COAL HAVING GCV (GROSS AIR DRIED BASIS) 5143 KCAL/KG AND GCV (GROSS AS RECEIVED BASIS) 4114 KCAL/KG

        3,137

          51

           24,000

21-Aug-13

STEAM (NON-COKING) COAL

        2,553

          41

            2,000

22-Aug-13

STEAM (NON-COKING) COAL

        3,030

          49

            2,000

29-Aug-13

STEAM (NON COKING) COAL

        3,205

          49

           22,000

INDONESIA Total

       199,365

SOUTH AFRICA

1-Aug-13

STEAM COAL

        6,121

        103

            2,000

8-Aug-13

STEAM COAL

        6,093

          99

            1,000

21-Aug-13

STEAM COAL

        6,551

        106

            1,000

SOUTH AFRICA Total

           4,000

NON COKING COAL TOTAL

       203,365

 

In August 2013, 199,365 tons arrived from Indonesia in a price band of Rs 2,553 – Rs 4,602 ($41-$75) per ton and 4,000 tons came in from South Africa in a price range of Rs 6093 – Rs 6,551 ($99-$106) per ton.

In July 2013, however, 18,958 tons arrived from Hong Kong at Rs 3,484 ($58) per ton, 53,499 tons arrived from Indonesia in a price band of Rs 2,996 – Rs 3,238 ($51-$54) and 256,537 tons arrived from the UAE in a price range of Rs 4,340 – Rs 4,617 ($72-$77) per ton.