Indian Coking Coal Imports Up 1% in Mar’17 M-o-M, Down 0.7% Y-o-Y

Coking Coal imports into India in Mar’17 were around 1% higher than the imports in Feb’17, data compiled by CoalMint Research shows.

During Mar’17, around 3.84 MnT of Coking Coal was imported into India; in the previous month, around 3.80 MnT was imported into the country.

Source: CoalMint Research

A year-on-year comparison shows that the imports during FY17 were marginally lower by 0.7% , at 47.36 MnT, over the imports FY16, at 47.74 MnT.

Among the regions of imports, Australia accounted for the highest share in the total import basket, followed by Mozambique and USA.

Source: CoalMint Research

During the month under review, the Mormugao port had handled the highest volume of import traffic, followed by the Paradip and Dhamra ports.

Source: CoalMint Research