In January, Donggang Port imported coal 38 batch, weight 456000 tons, the value of $43530000, the value of weight, in the Liaoning all the ports in the first, respectively, accounted for the provinces total coal imports in January 68.4% and 69%, increased by 456% and 529.3% compared with the same period last year, and also reached nearly 5 years to one month of coal imports peak.
Through the analysis of Huaneng Power Plant, Benxi Iron and Steel Group, Dandong Zhicheng metal materials company and other large coal import enterprise research and data, the cause of the rapid rise in coal imports mainly has the following three: one is the import of coal prices have obvious advantages, especially imported steam coal and anthracite coal, the price is lower than similar domestic coal, coal enterprise more inclined to import coal; two is the recent development of import of coal enterprises in Dandong area smoothly, continuously expand the market, the active stockpile to ensure supply; three is with the Dandong port continuous expansion and perfection, dockable capacity increases, the current built 200000 ton berths 1, 100000 ton berths 2, meet the large ship stop condition, create high-quality port environment for enterprises to import large quantities of coal.
Combining this year in January 1st started the implementation of the "commercial coal quality management Interim Provisions" requirement, Donggang inspection and Quarantine Bureau invested 300000 yuan of funds to purchase the equipment for detecting fluorine, chlorine and other elements, to guarantee the quality of imported coal safety in Donggang port.