BEIJING, April 21 (Reuters) - North Korea became China's second-biggest coal supplier in March, with deliveries up 80.6 percent from a year ago to 2.35 million tonnes, data from China's customs authority showed on Thursday.
Australia remained China's top supplier, with shipments reaching 5.76 million tonnes, rising 7.9 percent compared to last year.
North Korea overtook Indonesia, which saw shipments fall 12.1 percent to 2.33 million tonnes, figures from the General Administration of Customs showed.
China's Ministry of Commerce announced at the beginning of April that it would ban coal shipments from North Korea to comply with new United Nations sanctions on the country.