Coal imports jump 9% in 2018-19 on domestic shortage

The double-digit growth in thermal coal imports during 2018-19 was on expected lines and caused by the coal shortage at power plants until recently, said a report

233.56 mn tn – India's coal imports in 2018-19

214.61 mt tn – coal imports in 2017-18

164.21 mt tn – non-coking coal imports during last fiscal

19.93 mt tn – coal imports in March 2019

144.88 mt tn – non-coking coal imports in FY18

18.02 mt tn – imports in March 2018

1bn tn – coal output target by 2019-20

Thermal coal import is likely to remain subdued in the near term, but may rebound if PLF (plant load factor) in thermal power plants goes up post-monsoon. — Vinaya Varma, mjunction MD and CEO