India’s coal import declines in October

India’s coal import registered a decline of 26.8 percent to 15.75 million tonnes (MT) in October over the same month a year ago.

The country had imported 21.50 MT of coal in October 2020, according to data compiled by mjunction services.

‘India’s coal and coke imports in October 2021 through the major and non-major ports are estimated to have decreased by 26.8 percent over October 2020,’ it said.

junction — a joint venture between Tata Steel and SAIL — is a B2B e-commerce company and also publishes research reports on coal and steel verticals.

However, coal import in October was up 6 percent as compared to 14.85 MT imported during September 2021, the data show.

Of the total import in October 2021, non-coking coal was at 9.47 MT, against 14.46 MT imported in October last year.

Coking coal import was at 4.05 MT, lower than 4.92 MT imported in October 2020.

During the April-October period of the ongoing fiscal, total coal import stood at 123.09 MT, about 5.4 percent higher than 116.81 MT in the year-ago period.

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