In November this year,
iron ore export shipments from Mormugao Port in the western Indian state of Goa -
India's largest
iron ore exporting port - were down six percent year on year to 3.19 million mt, compared to a 25 percent year-on-year decrease in the month of October, according to the
India-based business news internet site Livemint.
In the first eight months of the current Indian fiscal year (April-November),
iron ore exports from Mormugao Port totaled 17.90 million mt, down 13.9 percent as compared to the same period last year. In the same period,
India's largest
iron ore exporter SESA Goa shipped 404,115 mt of
iron ore from the port in question to China.
Meanwhile, Mormugao Port is the world's third-largest
iron ore exporting port.