BEIJING, July 21 (Reuters) - China's imports of coal from Indonesia reached 2.89 million tonnes in June, up 53.6 percent from a year earlier, data from China's General Administration of Customs showed on Thursday.
Imports from Mongolia surged 78.8 percent in June from a year earlier to 2.34 million tonnes, and are up 45.9 percent in the first six months of this year, compared with the same period in 2015, at 10.4 million tonnes.
According to the latest data, Mongolia is China's fourth biggest source of imported coal so far this year, lagging behind Indonesia, Australia and North Korea.
Shipments from Australia fell 10.7 percent in June to 5.95 million tonnes, the data showed, while imports from North Korea fell 5.37 percent to 1.89 million tonnes.