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Pak imports from South Africa up 58% in Oct m-o-m

India Coal Market Watch

November 18: Pakistan’s coal imports from Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in South Africa (SA), on a month-on-month basis, rose a moderate 58.02% to 265,133 tons in October 2015 compared to 167,750 tons in the preceding month of September, as per data available with ICMW.

 On a year-on-year basis, October imports in 2015 were up 63.55% against 162,106 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 seven months (April-October, 2015-16) compared to 2,399,816 tons recorded in the same period of the previous fiscal, showing a marginal increase of 5.35% year-on-year over the same period.

Pakistan’s coal imports from RBCT of South Africa during the first 10 months of 2015 (January-October) stood at 3,126,749 tons, up 9.69% from 2,850,404 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):