India Steel Market Watch
November 19: There were no iron ore exports via Paradip Port in October 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 seven 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 |
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 a price of Rs 3,854 per ton