Container traffic was started on Indian Railways in the early eighties to garner piecemeal domestic traffic, which had been lost with the shift in IR’s policy to move from piecemeal mixed train operations to end to end block train operations. All container traffic is charged at Freight Any Kind (FAK) tariff except for a few notified commodities under the group of cement, iron and steel, POL, alumina and stones, which are charged at an intermediate tariff known as container class rate (CCR). This has been done to ensure that these notified commodities, which are moved in Indian Railways general wagons in significant volumes, is not diverted for transportation in containers at the concessional FAK rates. From time to time, based on detailed ABC analysis of the volumes moved by rail, commodities in the notified list are opened up for transportation at FAK rates so that there is an overall incremental rail share and earnings. Following a detailed analysis undertaken recently, and in keeping in view the budget announcement for opening up the commodity basket, it has been decided to now open up 43 commodities which are listed under the notified group of commodities. It is expected that in case of some of the commodities like iron and steel scrap and asbestos which are presently not moving by rail, good volumes can be attracted to containers.
COMMODITY GROUP
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COMMODITY
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COMMODITY GROUP
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COMMODITY
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BRICKS & STONES
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1
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Bricks Broken
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IRON & STEEL
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25
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Alloy constructional steels
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2
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Chakki
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26
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Bands
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3
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Fire Bricks
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27
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Cable wires
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4
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Flooring stone
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28
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Casting NOC
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5
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Glass Stone
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29
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Chains iron NOC
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6
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Polished Granite Slab
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30
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Iron and steel sheets cuttings
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7
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Rollers Stone
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31
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Mill scale iron and steel
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8
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Sanitary ware
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32
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Lattice transmission tower parts
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9
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Slate
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33
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Iron wire
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10
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Slate Stone
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34
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All types of metal and steel scrap
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11
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Slates in tiles
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35
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Stainless steel ware
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12
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Stone Dust
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36
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Elastic rail clips
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13
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Stone pillars
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37
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Fish Plates
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14
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Stone ware
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38
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Iron and Steel pipe cuttings
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15
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Gravel
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39
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Springs
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CEMENT
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16
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Asbestos
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40
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Ingots
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17
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Asbestos jointing and packing sheets
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41
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Wheels
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18
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Beams
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42
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Poles
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19
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Cement Blocks
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43
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Pipes all types
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20
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Cement Plaster
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21
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Cement tiles
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22
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Coloured Cement
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23
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Columns (prestressed cement concrete)
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24
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Fly Ash
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