Location: IN - India
This activity represents import of hard coal from Indonesia. India imports coal from many countries in the world to meet its growing energy demands. As per the provisional coal statistics 2015-16, Ministry of coal. India imported 199.884 million tones of coal in the year 2015-16. The countries from where coal was mainly imported were Indonesia , Australia and south Africa. Out of the overall import , Indonesia contributed to around 48.12 % , Australia contributed to around 23.79 % and South Africa contributed around 18.05 %.
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