India's coal imports via state ports down 15.8% YoY in Oct

India imported 14.29 million tonnes of coal products via its 12 major state-run ports in October, declining by a sizeable 15.8% on year despite a 4.6% rebound from September, Mysteel Global calculated based on the latest data from the Indian Ports Association (IPA) which provides year-to-date volumes every month.

Of the total, India's thermal coal imports last month were 4.9% lower on year at 10.54 million tonnes, though the volume increased by 12.6% on month. Thermal coal imports accounted for 73.8% of the total in October, as against 68.5% a month ago. Meanwhile, the country's coking coal imports