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15 Feb 2016
Gypsum imports through the port of Paradip were at 52,900 tons in January 2016 against a far heftier 107,700 tons in December 2015, showing a month-on-month decline of 50.88%, as per provisional data available with ICMW.
Overall, gypsum imports have shown a somewhat erratic trend this fiscal with no imports in August-September, 2015 while in July, these were at 56,400 tons. Volumes have swung in a wide range too over the last nine months.
Import volumes of the material in January 2015 were at 93,765 tons.
Total volumes of the material in the first 10 months of the current fiscal of 2015-16 were at 489,442 tons against 795,742 tons recorded in the same period of the previous fiscal (2014-15), declining 38.49% year-on-year.
Total imports of gypsum in fiscal 2014-15 were at 970,622 tons.
The following table contains details of gypsum imports via Paradip in 2015-16 and 2014-15:
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GYPSUM IMPORT, PARADIP |
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Port |
Month |
QTY |
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2015-16 |
2014-15 |
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PARADIP |
APR |
50,450 |
99,700 |
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MAY |
- |
55,400 |
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JUN |
53,050 |
71,500 |
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JUL |
56,400 |
2,223 |
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AUG |
- |
- |
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SEP |
- |
50,500 |
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OCT |
125,825 |
186,100 |
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NOV |
43,117 |
164,883 |
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DEC |
107,700 |
71,671 |
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JAN |
52,900 |
93,765 |
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FEB |
105,895 |
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MAR |
68,985 |
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PARADIP APRIL TO JANUARY TOTAL |
489,442 |
795,742 |
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PARADIP APRIL TO MARCH TOTAL |
970,622 |
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The following table contains details of gypsum imports in January 2016:
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GYPSUM IMPORT, PARADIP |
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Country Of Origin |
Date |
Item Description |
Unit Price (in Rs/Ton) |
Unit Price (in $/Ton) |
Quantity (in Tons) |
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OMAN |
15-Jan-16 |
GYPSUM |
1,091 |
16 |
7,906 |
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1,091 |
16 |
11,859 |
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1,091 |
16 |
15,812 |
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1,091 |
16 |
1,511 |
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1,091 |
16 |
3,953 |
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19-Jan-16 |
GYPSUM |
1,091 |
16 |
11,859 |
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Grand Total |
52,900 |
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January 2016 saw all consignments arriving from Oman at a unit price of Rs 1,091 ($16).
In December 2015, however, 52,700 tons arrived from Oman in a price band of Rs 1,173-1,216 ($17-18) per ton and 55,000 tons from Iran at Rs 1,072/ton ($16).