Indian demand for imported coal in last 3 years

Wednesday, 30 Nov 2011

Under the present import policy of the Government, Coal is placed under Open General Licence and can be freely imported by anyone in the country on payment of applicable import duty. During the process of formulation of Annual Plan, Ministry of Coal/Planning Commission assesses the overall demand of the country and finalises the supply plan from indigenous sources, the details of which are as under:

Particulars	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
All India Coal Demand	550.00	597.98	656.31	696.03

(In Million Tonnes)

Supply Plan to meet Coal Demand

Particulars	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12
CIL	405.00	437.40	460.50	452.00
SCCL	41.50	45.00	47.05	51.00
Other Indigenous Sources	50.79	52.83	65.87	56.00
Gap to be met through Import	52.71	62.75	82.89	137.03
Total	550.00	597.98	656.31	696.03

(In Million Tonnes)

The gap between indigenous availability of coal and estimated coal demand to be met through imported coal is increasing over the years from 52.71 million tonne in 2008-09 to 137.03 million tonne in 2011-12.

While the details of country-wise imports by various consumers are not available, as per available information, the coal imports during last three years were as under:

Year	Coking coal Quantity	Value	Non Coking coal Quantity	Value	Total Quantity	Value
2008-09	21.080	226140	37.923	187268	59.003	413408
2009-10	24.690	201311	48.565	190489	73.255	391800
2010-11 (Upto Nov '10) (Provisional)	14.658	157161	33.700	140756	48.358	297919

(Quantity in million tonnes & Value in INR million)