Steel Mint data shows that India’s iron ore and pellet exports nearly tripled to 2023.6 million tonnes in April to September 9 from 18.6 million tonnes in the same period last fiscal year. While iron ore exports were 14.7 million tonnes, pellets exports were nearly 4 million tonnes.
Of the total 14.7 million tonnes of iron ore exports, China alone accounted for 14.5 million tonnes. Similarly, more than 87 percent of India’s pellet exports went to China. Total exports to China were 3.4 million tons.
Indonesia and Malaysia were other Asian neighbors which supplied iron ore and pellets from India.