India’s incoming coal import traffic through all major ports in the country in the April-May period of the fiscal year 2023-24 has been recorded at 10.12 million mt, up 23 percent year on year, according to data sourced from the Indian Ports Association (IPA) on Tuesday, June 6.
As per the calculations of SteelOrbis, inward shipments of coking coal in May this year came to 5.548 million mt, compared to 4.57 million mt in April.
According to the IPA data, total iron ore freight traffic through all major ports, including pellets, during the April-May period of the current fiscal year was 9.57 million mt, a decline of 1.62 percent year on year.