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15 Apr 2014
April 15: Anthracite coal imports through the port of Kolkata stood at 22,999 tons in March 2014 against a volume of 13,627 tons recorded in February 2014, showing an increase of 68.77%, according to provisional data available with ICMW.
With this, total anthracite coal imports from Kolkata stood at 160,858 tons for the entire financial year of 2013-14 against 81,540 tons reported for the previous fiscal of 2012-13, showing an increase of 97.27%.
Following is the break-up of anthracite coal imports via Kolkata Port in 2012-13 & 2013-14:
|
Month |
2012-13 (in tons) |
2013-14 (in tons) |
|
April |
191 |
1,040 |
|
May |
20 |
18,687 |
|
June |
15,521 |
5,273 |
|
July |
391 |
15,314 |
|
August |
26,867 |
9,340 |
|
September |
2,058 |
1,008 |
|
October |
816 |
10,931 |
|
November |
6,976 |
8,560 |
|
December |
6,870 |
15,630 |
|
January |
2,259 |
38,449 |
|
February |
10,560 |
13,627 |
|
March |
9,011 |
22,999 |
|
Total |
81,540 |
160,858 |
In March, 22,759 tons arrived from Ukraine in a price range of Rs 10,896 – Rs 11,459 ($176-$185) per ton while 240 tons came in from China in a range of Rs 26,068 – Rs 21,681 ($414-$344) per ton.
In February 2014, imports comprised 13,483 tons from Ukraine in a price band of Rs 10,177 – Rs 11,339 ($164-$182) per ton and 144 tons from China in a price bracket of Rs 21,548 – 25,945 ($342 – Rs 412) per ton.