According to import and export statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of India, coal imports from January to December 2018 amounted to 227 million tons, an increase of 29.154 million tons, or 14.7% over the same period last year. Among them, coal imports in December were 19.462 million tons, basically unchanged from the previous year, a slight drop of 0.04%.

In India’s fiscal year, coal imports in the nine months before fiscal year 2018-19 (April-December 2018) amounted to 173 million tons, an increase of 191.34 million tons, or 12.5% over the same period last year.