India Steel Market Watch
December 17: There have been no iron ore exports via Paradip Port for the last two months from October – November, 2015 while in September, these had stood at 78,430 tons, as per provisional information available with ISMW.
Overall, export trends have been very erratic with gaps in-between.
Thus, total exports of the material in the first eight months of 2015-16 stayed put at 337,630 tons against 797,655 tons in the same period of the previous fiscal.
However, exports of iron ore and pellets through the port of Paradip in 2014-15 were at 889,393.
Following are the details for 2015-16 and 2014-15:
Month |
2015-16 (in tons) |
2014-15 (in tons) |
April |
Nil |
439,980 |
May |
Nil |
120,500 |
June |
79,000 |
35,650 |
July |
Nil |
50,900 |
August |
180,200 |
100,265 |
September |
78,430 |
3,360 |
October |
Nil |
47,000 |
November |
Nil |
Nil |
December |
|
Nil |
January |
|
Nil |
February |
|
21,798 |
March |
|
69,940 |
Total |
337,630 |
889,393 |
In September 2015, a single consignment went to China at Rs 3,854 per ton.