According to data with SteelMint, Bangladesh Coal import in Nov’16 surge M-o-M to 0.37 MnT against 0.18 MnT in Oct’16. Steel Making raw material like Scrap and HBI registered a fall in Import that is 29,700 and 33,000 MT respectively.
Bangladesh importer prefer scrap over billet owing to high import duty of 35%, In Nov’16 only one import shipment of Billet recorded. Sail export 17,000 MT billet from Haldia port to Chittagong port on vessel Coreocean OL.
Bangladesh Coal Import
The Country’s coal Import are affected by bad weather condition in Bay of Bengal, In FY17(Jul-Nov’16) only 0.75 MnT coal imported against 1.66 MnT in FY16(same period)
In Nov’16 Bangladesh imported 0.37 MnT of coal, major import was recorded from South Africa (0.16 MnT) and Indonesia (0.15 MnT) and the rest from Australia.
Bangladesh Raw Material and Steel Imports in FY17
| Month | Coal | Scrap | HBI | Steel Coil | Steel Billet | Pig Iron |
| JUL16 | NIL | 45,650 | 14,550 | 100,900 | 115,850 | NIL |
| AUG16 | 102,150 | 61,550 | 46,700 | 90,520 | NIL | 20,000 |
| SEP16 | 100,300 | 54,200 | 50,000 | 111,250 | 27,000 | 33,750 |
| OCT16 | 184,800 | 85,500 | 50,000 | 93,470 | 66,600 | NIL |
| NOV16 | 365,000 | 29,700 | 33,000 | 109,390 | 17,000 | NIL |
| Grand Total | 752,250 | 276,600 | 194,250 | 505,530 | 226,450 | 53,750 |
Qty in MT
Source: SteelMint Stats, Custom
Provisional Data
Note: Bangladesh coal import from India 0.17 MnT (April’16 to August’16), which was not included in above table
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