SEOUL, May 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports fell 14.5 percent in April from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in April are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
April 2016
April 2015 Australia
4,739,436/ $63.74
4,827,419/ $88.07 Indonesia
2,210,795/ $42.97
2,945,803/ $56.09 Russia
1,641,053/ $61.18
1,725,299/ $77.46 Canada
448,874/ $75.18
1,057,427/ $97.94 U.S.
327,058/ $63.29
376,030/ $102.37 Hong Kong
102,943/ $79.91
- Austria
71,321/ $56.27
- China
66,006/ $76.21
53,085/ $104.57 Switzerland
24,620/ $67.79
- Colombia
518/ $216.22
2,291/ $233.96
TOTAL
9,542,624/ $ 59.43 11,154,353/ $79.22
Details of the January to April imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-April 2016
Jan-April 2015 Australia
17,641,740/ $62.54
18,258,442/ $87.79 Indonesia
9,890,189/ $43.00
11,029,072/ $56.68 Russia
6,772,927/ $62.40
6,370,962/ $79.77 Canada
2,057,814/ $83.29
3,924,101/ $98.53 U.S.
1,179,708/ $75.88
1,066,820/ $109.17 China
580,693/ $82.00
413,499/ $111.04 Switzerland
190,459/ $67.24
S. Africa
164,978/ $58.49
166,999/ $69.18 Hong Kong
134,933/ $81.94
- Mozambique
76,999/ $95.98
- Austria
72,321/ $56.27
- New Zealand
19,800/ $68.03
- Colombia
3,634/ $227.30
4,372/ $241.31 Singapore
1,563/ $229.05
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TOTAL
38,786,758/ $59.48
41,234,267/ $79.98
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows: (in tonnes / in $/T)
April 2016
April 2015 Australia
3,067,484/ $54.94
2,703,671/ $72.85 Indonesia
2,120,795/ $42.97
2,945,803/ $56.09 Russia
1,087,580/ $54.65
1,339,197/ $73.39 Canada
164,691/ $45.13
314,376/ $56.66 China
42,306/ $68.10
31,885/ $89.01 U.S.
157,497/ $46.70
134,000/ $75.34 Austria
71,321/ $56.27
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TOTAL
6,711,674/ $50.77
7,635,931/ $65.84