Met coke imports via Kolkata Port up 11.70% in June m-o-m
11 Jul 2014
July 11: Met coke imports through the port of Kolkata rose 11.70% to 65,655 tons in June 2014 against a volume of 58,779 tons reported in May, according to provisional data available with ICMW.
Met coke imports in June 2013 were at 30,628 tons.
Imports of the material for the first three months of the current fiscal of 2014-15 were thus at 198,814 tons against 140,963 tons recorded for the same period in the previous fiscal.
Total met coke imports via Kolkata Port stood at 510,327 tons for the full financial year of 2013.
Following are the details of met coke imports via Kolkata Port in 2013-14 and 2014-15:
Month
|
2013-14 (in tons) |
2014-15 (in tons) |
April |
61,119 |
74,380 |
May |
49,216 |
58,779 |
June |
30,628 |
65,655 |
July |
40,678 |
|
August |
110,718 |
|
September |
17,346 |
|
October |
23,953 |
|
November |
17,727 |
|
December |
22,122 |
|
January |
20,998 |
|
February |
64,714 |
|
March |
51,108 |
|
Total |
510,327 |
198,814 |
In June, imports included 4,944 tons from Australia at a unit price of Rs 15,271 ($253), 41,265 tons from China in a price band of Rs 12,029 – Rs 13,483 ($199-225) per ton, 19,414 tons from Ukraine in a range of Rs 9,221-9,222 ($154) per ton and 32 tons from Japan at a unit price of Rs 36,695 ($613).
In May, met coke imports comprised 9,888 tons from Australia in a price band of Rs 15,372- Rs 15,182 ($253) per ton, 40,192 tons from China in a band of Rs 12,934 – Rs 15,021 ($215-247) per ton, 8,575 tons from Russia in a band of Rs 16,086 – Rs 16,287 (268-271) per ton and the balance 124 tons in a band of Rs 37,102 – Rs 44,620 (617-742) per ton.