There have been no manganese ore imports through the port of Paradip since the beginning of the current fiscal (April 2015) till February 2016 while in March these had stood at a mere 196 tons, as per provisional information available with ISMW.
There were no imports of the material through the port from December 2014 till February 2015.
The overall trend shows that the material is hardly being imported through this east coast port.
In March, one consignment arrived from Saudi Arabia at a unit price of Rs 9,202 ($147).