Logistics
Railways commodity freight revenue down 6.3% m-o-m in July Steel Insights Bureau
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Commodity-wise revenue Commodity
Quantity (In mt) July’11
Earning (`cr)
July’12
July’11
July’12
Coal i) for steel plants
4.3
4.15
172.08
223.41
ii) for washeries
0.12
0.09
1.49
0.78
23.69
24.85
1500.71
1898.73
9.12
10.27
469.84
579.25
37.23
39.36
2144.12
2702.17
1.28
1.33
93.02
114.86
i) from steel plants
2.09
2.36
243.57
364.45
ii) from other points
0.63
0.59
50.75
38.79
iii) Total
2.72
2.95
294.32
403.24
iii) for thermal power houses iv)for public use v) Total Raw material for steel plants except ore Pig iron and finished steel
Iron ore i) for export
1.47
0.83
372.79
187.3
ii) for steel plants
4.41
5.32
145.8
219.44
iii) for other domestic users
3.79
3.68
218.64
264.65
iv) Total
9.67
9.83
737.23
671.39
Cement
8.27
8.18
464.31
587.09
Foodgrains
3.74
3.83
343.05
499.83
Fertilizers
4.35
4.09
314.8
374.18
Mineral Oil (POL)
3.63
3.92
286.34
413.72
Container Service i) Domestic containers
0.7
0.67
69.11
66.54
ii) EXIM containers
2.41
2.67
201.05
234.07
iii) Total
3.11
3.34
270.16
300.61
Balance other goods
5.66
5.38
365.51
420.85
79.66
82.21
5312.86
6487.94
Total revenue earning traffic
62 Steel Insights, September 2012
Sayanti 0916334819 he Indian Railways’ revenue earnings Kam from commodity-wise freight09009777860 traffic fell month-on-month in July due to lower transportation of coal and cement. Revenue earnings from commoditywise freight traffic during July 2012 stood at `6487.94 crore, down 6.32 percent compared with `6,925.5 crore earned in June, according to information available with Steel Insights. Revenue from transportation of iron ore for exports, steel plants and for other domestic user in July fell to `671.39 crore, down 0.11 percent from `672.1 crore in June. However, the quantity of iron ore transported rose to 9.83 mt in July from 9.61 mt in the previous month. The Railway’s revenue from transportation of coal fell to `2702.17 crore in July from `3,017.4 crore in June. The Railways transported 39.36 million tons (mt) of coal in July compared with 39.26 mt transported a month ago. Revenue from transportation of cement in June stood at `587.09 crore (8.18 mt) from `650.82 crore (8.15 mt) in June. Revenue from transportation of petroleum oil and lubricant (POL) in July stood at `413.72 crore (3.92 mt), while the same from pig iron and finished steel from steel plants and other points was `403.24 crore (2.95 mt). Revenue from container services was `300.61 crore (3.34 mt) and from transportation of other goods was `420.85 crore (5.38 mt).