new delhi nov 12 coal import for october came in flat at 1665 million tonnes underpinned by cautious buying of the fossil fuel by consumers due to high prices in the overseas market the figure for october 2016 was 1668 million tonnes mt according to the latest data from mjunction services a leading name in the eauction space coal import all types of coals in october 2017 stood at 1665 mt provisional against 1668 mt in october 2016 and 1568 mt revised in september 2017 said the online procurement and sales entity jointly floated by stateowned sail and tata steel on the import trend of the fossil fuel mjunction ceo vinaya varma told while there was a revival in demand for imported material especially from the thermal power plants facing low coal stock situation the prevailing high price in the seaborne coal market was seen as a dampener as a result there was cautious buying ahead of the winter months however going forward the volumes may go up if there is correction in the prices of coal varma added there was a marginal growth in noncoking coal import during october on a yearly and also monthly basis this however was accompanied by a slight drop in pci and pet coke which resulted in an overall flat growth in coal and coke imports during the month under review the company said of the 166 mt total coal imported last month the maximum was of noncoking variety at 112 mt import of coal declines 637 per cent to 19195 mt in 201617 chiefly because of higher production by coal india ltd cil cil accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic coal production sid ard