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No limestone imports via Marmagoa Port in February

As in December 2015 and January 2016, there were no imports of limestone via Marmagoa Port in February 2016, according to provisional data available with ICMW. Incidentally, Marmagoa Port saw imports of limestone for the first time in the current fiscal (fisc) in November 2015, at 55,005 tons.

For the first 11 months (April-February) of the current fiscal (2015-16), limestone imports via Marmagoa Port stood at 55,005 tons against 108,133 tons seen in the same period of the previous fiscal (2014-15).

Following are details of limestone imports in 2015-16 and 2014-15 (in tons) via the port:
 
 

During November, the entire material came in from the UAE at a unit price of Rs 802 ($12).