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South Africa’s January coal exports up 2.81% y-o-y

The total exports of coal through South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in January 2016 stood at 6,197,308 tons, showing a marginal 2.81% increase over 6,027,702 tons exported during the same month of 2015, according to data available with ICMW.

The exports in January were, however, down 14.70% on a month-on-month basis compared to 7,265,662 tons exported in December 2015.

Of the total exports in January 2016, nearly 54% went to India alone.

The total exports of coal through the terminal in calendar 2015 stood at 75.37 million tons (mt), registering an increase of 5.93% compared to 71.16 mt exported in 2014.

India accounted for nearly 47.47% of total coal exports through the terminal in 2015 and 42.40% of the total 71.16 mt exported in 2014.

The total coal exports through the terminal in the first 10 months of financial year 2015-16 (April-January) increased by 13.07% to 63,066,233 tons compared to 55,774,284 tons recorded in the same period of the previous fiscal.

Following table provides details of monthly coal exports through RBCT in 2015 and 2014 (in tons):