Pak Jan 2016 coal imports from SA up 19% m-o-m
16 Feb 2016
Pakistan’s coal imports from South African increased by 18.87% on a month-on-month (m-o-m) basis in January 2016 as compared to imports in December 2015, according to data available with ICMW.
The imports in January 2016 stood at 324,825 tons as compared to 273,260 tons imported in December 2015, the data revealed.
Pakistan had been importing significant quantities of coal from South Africa to feed its power plants as the country embarks on producing higher electricity for its population.
The total coal imports by Pakistan from South Africa in calendar 2015 stood at 3,670,039 tons against 3,184,690 tons in 2014, up 15.24% year-on-year.
Pakistan’s coal imports from RBCT stood at 3,396,314 tons in the first 10 months (April-January) of 2015-16 compared to 2,734,102 tons recorded in the same period of the previous fiscal, showing an increase of 24.22%.
Following table provides monthly details of coal imports by Pakistan from RBCT in 2016, 2015 and 2014 (in tons):
Months |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
|
January |
3,24,825 |
Nil |
55,306 |
|
February |
1,09,198 |
1,65,921 |
||
March |
4,89,352 |
2,29,361 |
||
April |
3,88,142 |
3,38,480 |
||
May |
2,71,105 |
4,35,623 |
||
June |
3,30,330 |
2,78,861 |
||
July |
3,22,466 |
3,95,930 |
||
August |
7,83,273 |
4,00,162 |
||
September |
1,67,750 |
3,88,654 |
||
October |
2,65,133 |
1,62,106 |
||
November |
2,70,030 |
1,10,966 |
||
December |
2,73,260 |
2,23,320 |
||
Total (Jan-Dec) |
3,24,825 |
36,70,039 |
31,84,690 |