Indias finished steel exports drop 30% in Jan to 0.616 MT
The Dollar Business Bureau The exports of finished steel from India dropped by more than 30% to 0.616 million tonnes during January this year as compared to same month a year ago, as per the data compiled by the Ministry of Steel’s Joint Plant Committee (JPC). Joint Plant Committee (JPC) is the only organisation in the country empowered by the Government to maintain data on steel and iron sector. The country’s finished steel export stood at 0.890 million tonnes during the month of January 2017. Earlier, Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh had said that steel exports of should make up for around 6-7% of country’s overall steel production in the coming few years, from the current 1.5%. On the other hand, the import ...
Indian finished steel exports up 64%; imports rise 42% in July
The Dollar Business Bureau India’s export of finished steel surged by 64.2% to 0.770 million tonne in the month of July against the 0.469 million tonne in the same month a year ago, according to a report. On the other hand, finished steel imports also jumped by 42.2% at 0.798 million tonne in the said month this year against the 0.561 million tonne last year, said the report by Joint Plant Committee (JPC), which gathers data on iron and steel sector in India. “India was a net importer of total finished steel in July 2017 but maintained its net exporter status for the cumulative period, i.e. during April-July 2017,” it said. During April-July period this year, exports of total finished steel was increased by ...
General Index of Industrial Production high in April 2015 compared to previous year
Source: PIB, Government of India. The Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2004-05 for the month of April 2015 have been released by the Central Statistics Office of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. IIP is compiled using data received from 16 source agencies viz. Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP); Indian Bureau of Mines; Central Electricity Authority; Joint Plant Committee; Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas; Office of Textile Commissioner; Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals; Directorate of Sugar; Department of Fertilizers; Directorate of Vanaspati, Vegetable Oils & Fats; Tea Board; Office of Jute Commissioner; Office of Coal Controller; Railway Board; Office of Salt Commissioner and Coffee Board. The General Index for the ...
