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India's coal import surged by 13.2% to 26.10 million tonne (MT) in April 2024 as buyers took new positions amid early onset of summer. According to a data given by B2B e-commerce company mjunction services ltd, the country had imported 23.05 MT of coal in the year-ago period.
This comes amid coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy mentioning that India should raise domestic production of the fossil fuel and reduce coal imports.
"India's coal and coke imports in April 2024 through the major and non-major ports increased by 13.2% over April 2023," the data showed.
Of the total import in April, non-coking coal import stood at 17.40 MT against 15.15 MT in the year-ago month. Coking coal import was 4.97 MT against 4.77 MT.
"There was an increase in volumes. Going ahead, there may be continued demand from both the power and non-regulated sectors due to pre-monsoon restocking," mjunction MD & CEO Vinaya Varma said.
Coal imports in April were up by 8.93% as against March when imports stood at 23.96 MT.
India's coal import rose by 7.7% to 268.24 MT in FY24 driven by softness in seaborne prices and likelihood of increase in power demand during summer. The country's coal import was 249.06 MT in FY23.
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