Since the beginning of 2016, India’s monthly coal import had registered a fall of mere 1% to 19.4 MnT in Jan’16.
India, one of the major dry fuel consumers across the globe, has witnessed a stability in Jan’16 coal imports. The country’s import registered a negligible fall of 1% during the month, after recorded 14.7% hike in Dec’15. The country has imported about 19.4 MnT at the end of the month.
Stability in India’s current coal import is due to the mixed sentiments prevailing in domestic market. Coal availability has increased by CIL, but low grade domestic coal seems less favouring to control imports. Moreover, steady demand and depreciating INR against USD is restricting buyers for more bookings.
| Grade | Jan’16 | Dec’15 | % Change |
| Non-coking Coal | 14.88 | 14.93 | -0.4% |
| Coking Coal | 4.22 | 4.24 | -0.4% |
| Pet Coke | 1.07 | 0.63 | 69.5% |
| Met Coke | 0.26 | 0.33 | -21.7% |
| Anthracite | 0.06 | 0.06 | -3.2% |
| Total | 20.49 | 20.19 | 1.5% |
Source: SteelMint
Quantity in MnT
Top exporting countries in Jan’16
As per SteelMint’s data analysis, out of the country’s all grades import, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, USA and Saudi Arabia were emerged as the major suppliers at the month-end.
Indonesia remains to be the top exporter of non-coking coal and supplied about 10.3 MnT; reported a fall of 6% against Dec’15. Meanwhile, Australia and South Africa supplied about 4.5 MnT and 3.2 MnT coal respectively.
In Jan’16, India imported about 0.46 MnT of coal from Saudi Arabia.
Major discharging ports
About 70% of coal was imported at key ports of the country. Among the major Indian ports, Mundra imported maximum quantity of about 3.5 MnT, followed by Kandla with 1.6 MnT and Krishnapatnam at 1.5 MnT.
| Ports | Jan’16 | Dec’15 | % Change |
| Mundra | 3.49 | 2.88 | 21% |
| Kandla | 1.57 | 1.06 | 48% |
| Krishnapatnam | 1.55 | 1.57 | -1% |
| Gangavaram | 1.53 | 1.51 | 1% |
| Dhamra | 1.39 | 1.19 | 17% |
| Paradip | 1.33 | 1.32 | 1% |
| Vizag | 1.30 | 1.17 | 11% |
| Mormugao | 1.06 | 1.29 | -18% |
| Ennore | 0.96 | 0.74 | 30% |
| Haldia | 0.83 | 0.71 | 18% |
| Hazira | 0.76 | 1.05 | -27% |
| Tuticorin | 0.66 | 0.86 | -23% |
| Dahej | 0.59 | 0.83 | -29% |
| Dharamtar | 0.58 | 0.56 | 3% |
| Others | 2.88 | 3.45 | -16% |
| Grand Total | 20.49 | 20.19 | 1% |
Source: SteelMint
Quantity in MnT
Country’s major importers
Companies like Adani Enterprises, Adani Power, SAIL, JSW Steel, Coastal Gujarat Power, Essar Steel and Agarwal Coal imported large quantities and played the most decisive role in coal imports. They imported about 2.3 MnT, 2 MnT, 1.2 MnT, 1 MnT, 0.9 MnT, 0.7 MnT and 0.6 MnT respectively in Jan’16.
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