Pak imports from S Africa up 1.85% in Nov m-o-m
22 Dec 2015
India Coal Market Watch
December 22: Pakistan’s coal imports from Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in South Africa (SA), on a month-on-month basis, rose a marginal 1.85% to 270,030 tons in November 2015 compared to 265,133 tons in the preceding month of October, as per data available with ICMW.
On a year-on-year basis, November imports in 2015 were up 143.34% against 110,966 tons seen in the same month in the previous fiscal.
Pakistan’s coal imports from RBCT stood at 2,528,199 tons in the first eight months (April-November, 2015-16) compared to 2,510,782tons recorded in the same period of the previous fiscal, showing an increase of 11.45% year-on-year over the same period.
Pakistan’s coal imports from RBCT of South Africa during the first 11 months of 2015 (January-November) stood at 3,396,779 tons, up 14.70% from 2,961,370 tons imported in the same period in 2014, shows the data.
Following table provides monthly details of coal imports by Pakistan from RBCT in 2015 and 2014 (in tons):
Months |
2015 |
2014 |
|
January |
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 |
2,23,320 |
||
Total (Apr-Nov) |
27,98,229 |
25,10,782 |
|
Total (Jan-Nov) |
33,96,779 |
29,61,370 |
|
Total (Jan-Dec) |
33,96,779 |
31,84,690 |