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Met coke imports via Kolkata more than double in Aug m-o-m

11 Sep 2013

September 11: Met coke imports through the port of Kolkata rose a substantial 172% to 110,718 tons in August 2013 against 40,678 tons recorded in July 2013, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

With this, total met coke imported via Kolkata port stood at 292,359 tons during the first five months of 2013-14 compared to 403,984 tons recorded during the corresponding period of FY'13.

Met coke imported in August 2012 stood at 80,203 while total met coke imports in 2012-13 stood at 849,348 tons.

Following are the details of met coke import via Kolkata in 2012-13 and 2013-14:


Month

2012-13 (in tons)

2013-14 (in tons)

April

54,411

61,119

May

99,017

49,216

June

99,931

30,628

July

70,422

40,678

August

80,203

110,718

September

87,979

 

October

90,856

 

November

27,305

 

December

86,963

 

January

30,956

 

February

40,103

 

March

81,203

 

Total

849,348

292,359

Following are the details of met coke imports in August 2013:


MET COKE

Country Of Origin

Date

Item Description

Unit Price (in Rs/ton)

 Unit Price (in $/ton)

 Quantity (in tons)

CHINA

1-Aug-13

SEMI COKE

      17,639

        296

               238

SEMI COKE

      17,639

        296

               253

CHINA Total

              491

CHINA

1-Aug-13

LOW ASH METALLURGICAL COKE

      16,376

        275

           19,936

5-Aug-13

LOW ASH METALLURGICAL COKE

      15,965

        259

           19,826

12-Aug-13

LOW ASH METALLURGICAL COKE MET COKE HAVING ASH CONENT 11.34%

      15,754

        256

           21,978

13-Aug-13

METALLURGICAL COKE

      16,778

        273

            4,846

30-Aug-13

LOW ASH METALLURGICAL COKE

      18,415

        282

            2,442

CHINA Total

         69,027

JAPAN

6-Aug-13

LOW ASH METALLURGICAL COKE MET COKE

      18,176

        295

           18,000

10-Aug-13

LOW ASH METALLURGICAL COKE MET COKE

      17,330

        282

            2,900

12-Aug-13

LOW ASH METALLURGICAL COKE

      17,169

        279

            5,000

23-Aug-13

LOW ASH METALLURGICAL COKE

      17,266

        264

            5,000

31-Aug-13

LOW ASH METALLURGICAL COKE (OTHER COKE)

      18,492

        283

            5,300

JAPAN Total

         36,200

RUSSIA

27-Aug-13

METALLURGICAL COKE

      15,841

        242

            2,500

RUSSIA Total

           2,500

UKRAINE

21-Aug-13

METALLURGICAL COKE NUT 6-25MM

      14,137

        228

            2,500

UKRAINE Total

           2,500

MET COKE TOTAL

       110,718

 
In August 2013, 491 tons of semi coke arrived from China in a unit price of Rs 17,639 ($296) per ton, 69,027 tons of low ash met coke arrived from China in a price range of Rs 15,754-Rs 18,415 ($256-$282) per ton, 36,200 tons arrived from Japan in a price band of Rs 17,169-Rs 18,492 ($264-$295) per ton and 2,500 tons each arrived from Russia and Ukraine at a unit price of Rs 15,841 ($242) and Rs 14,137 ($228) respectively per ton.

In July 2013, however, 31,388 tons arrived from China in a price band of Rs 14,532 – Rs 17,656 ($240-$292) per ton and 9,289 tons arrived from Ukraine in a price range of Rs 14,948 – Rs 15,406 ($251-$256).