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11 Apr 2014
April 11: Pet coke imports through the port of Vizag more than trebled to 105,377 tons in March 2014 against a volume of 25,661 tons reported in February, according to provisional information available with ICMW.
With this, imports of pet coke imports for the entire financial year of 2013-14 stood at 953,435 tons against 717,566 tons recorded during the corresponding period of 2012-13. Consequently, pet coke imports showed an increase of 33% in 2013-14 over the previous fiscal of 2012-13.
Following is the monthly break-up of pet coke imports via Vizag Port in 2012-13 & 2013-14:
|
Month
|
2012-13 (in tons) |
2013-14 (in tons) |
|
April |
35,360 |
85,466 |
|
May |
71,514 |
73,449 |
|
June |
30,566 |
24,578 |
|
July |
79,682 |
74,041 |
|
August |
43,089 |
213,939 |
|
September |
43,969 |
97,300 |
|
October |
118,922 |
88,768 |
|
November |
62,655 |
86,035 |
|
December |
22,374 |
21,048 |
|
January |
39,926 |
57,773 |
|
February |
53,427 |
25,661 |
|
March |
116,082 |
105,377 |
|
Total |
717,566 |
953,435 |
In March, pet coke imports through the port included 49,731 tons from China in a price band of Rs 9,599 – Rs 13,815 ($155-$223) per ton, 26,250 tons from Georgia at a unit price of Rs 17,198 ($279) and 29,396 tons from the US at a unit price of Rs 10,406 ($169).
In February, all the pet coke import consignments arrived from China in a price range of Rs 10,432- Rs 25,821 ($168-$410) per ton.