Emerging as the single largest export zone in the country, the Jamnagar SEZ has seen its export nearly touch Rs 80,000 crore till March 2010.

“The physical exports from RIL’s Jamnagar SEZ stood at Rs 71,000 crore while Rs 8,000 crore has come from deemed exports. It is the largest SEZ in the country in terms of exports,” said Upendra Vasishth, Development Commissioner (Jamnagar SEZ).

With a capacity of 29 million tonne per annum, the Jamnagar Export Refinery Project (JERP), located in an SEZ, added nearly 20 per cent to the country’s refinery capacity.

Exports from the SEZ were primarily aimed at US and European markets, besides several other locations, including Asia and Africa.

In 2008-09, exports from all SEZs in India were at a modest Rs 99,689 crore. This year the country’s SEZ exports are expected to cross Rs 2 lakh crore, according to Central government sources. The overall figures are still being finalised, the official said.

Gujarat based SEZs have meanwhile contributed about 50 per cent of the country’s overall exports, sources said.

The exports from the 10 operational SEZs in the state have clocked Rs 1,12,600 crore, said government sources.

Topping the charts after Reliance, is Surat SEZ or SURSEZ with Rs 24,000 crore worth of exports in 2009-10. Nokia SEZ in Tamil Nadu ranks third with its exports expected to be in the range of Rs 15,000-18,000 crore, said sources privy to the development.

Last year, SURSEZ was the largest exporter in the country followed by Nokia SEZ.

Exports from Kandla Port Trust’s SEZ and Adani’s Mundra SEZ have been Rs 2200 crore and Rs 1300 crore respectively in the last fiscal.

According to ministry of commerce and industry’s official site, Andhra Pradesh leads with 72 notified SEZs, followed by Maharashtra which has 57 SEZs. Tamil Nadu has 55 SEZs and Haryana has 32 notified SEZs.

Andhra Pradesh leads with 21 operational SEZs against Tamil Nadu’s 19. Maharashtra and Karnataka rank third, with 15 SEZs operational SEZs each.

In all, there are 105 operational SEZs in the country with an overall export of Rs 1.5 lakh crore till December 31, 2009, according to official figures by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Formal approvals have been accorded to 571 proposals, of which 348 SEZs have been notified. In Gujarat, so far 48 SEZs have formally been approved out of which 30 have been notified. Maharashtra has been approved 109 SEZs — the highest in the country — of which 57 have been notified.

Source:http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ril-jamnagar-unit-sez-zlesrs-79k-cr-exports/391642/

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To maximise profit margins with its sophisticated refining capability, Reliance Industries is also set to limit African crude imports this year in favour of Middle East grades, if light crude prices continue to strengthen against heavy-sour grades, traders and analysts said.

“I expect Reliance refineries to run at full steam, even if in between there is a small shutdown, they can easily run at about 65 million tonnes,” said a trader familiar with refining operations. Reliance declined comment on traders’ estimates.

This means that the company’s two refineries — the largest facility in the world — will run above their full combined capacity of 1.24 million barrels per day (bpd), higher than last year when its second plant began operating at full rate in the second half.

After the world first saw increasing flows from Reliance in the summer of 2008, with the start of its new 580,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) plant, this year will see the full blast of exports of high-value diesel and gasoline made from a diverse slate of the cheapest available crudes.

Source:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/energy/oil-gas/Reliance-to-tighten-grip-on-world-fuel-markets/articleshow/5746150.cms

Together they have bought 4,830 hectare land from the state government in the last three years valued at Rs377.97 crore. This fact came to light in a written response given by revenue minister Anandi Patel to Congress MLA from Kalupur, Mohammed Farooq Shaikh.

Patel informed the state assembly that Reliance had been allotted 1,333 hectares of land for its SEZ in Jamnagar in addition to 57 hectare for marine tank farm and 1225 sq. mt for a refinery related project.

Tata Group has been provided 1,476 hectare, which includes 1,031 hectare for its ITproject in Gandhinagar and 445 hectare for much-hyped Nano car project in Ahmedabad. Tata has paid Rs11.35 crore for IT SEZ land; however, they have not paid any money for the prime land given in Sanand for the Nano car project.
Adani Group has been allotted 1,964 hectare of land for SEZ project in Kutch. “The Gujarat government has earned over Rs377.99 crore revenue by way of land allotment to these industrial giants,” the minister stated.

Source:http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_reliance-tata-adani-have-bought-4830-hectare-of-gujarat-govt-land-in-3-years_1360768

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