SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 9.8 percent in April compared with 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 2017
April 2016 Australia
3,600,076 / $111.39
4,787,575/ $63.60 Indonesia
2,730,764/ $ 61.61
2,072,656/ $42.83 Russia
2,110,845/ $104.30
1,641,053/ $61.32 South Africa
580,460/ $ 96.20
- Canada
517,924/ $159.43
448,874/ $75.18 U.S.
440,563/ $184.09
327,058/ $63.30 Marshall Islands
160,700/ $ 57.97
- China
146,457/ $179.87
66,006/ $76.28 Hong Kong
72,391/ $ 55.99
102,943/ $79.91 Liberia
70,179/ $ 61.16
- Mozambique
42,767/ $119.93
- Colombia
1,841/ $257.51
518/$216.05 Austria
-
71,321/ $56.27 Switzerland
-
24,620/ $67.79
TOTAL
10,474,965/ $101.05
9,542,624/ $59.46
Details of the January to April imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-April 2017
Jan-April 2016 Australia
14,345,799/$123.81
17,689,879/ $62.51 Indonesia
12,153,923/ $59.98
9,842,050/ $43.03 Russia
7,069,155/ $106.98
6,659,387/ $62.25 S.Africa
3,495,039/ $ 95.23
164,978/ $58.53 Canada
2,986,236/ $175.37
2,057,776/ $82.27 Colombia
1,607,871/ $ 95.64
3,634/ $227.32 U.S.
1,434,441/ $163.87
1,179,709/ $75.85 China
815,716/ $115.02
580,693/ $81.83 Mozambique
315,817/ $143.86
76,999/ $95.98 Marshall Islands
160,700/ $ 57.97
- Austria
133,477/ $ 90.64
71,321/ $56.27 Saudi Arabia
111,061/ $119.56
- Hong Kong
72,391/ $ 55.99
134,933/ $81.94 Liberia
70,179/ $ 61.16
- Switzerland
-
166,259/ $67.25 New Zealand
-
19,800/ $68.03
TOTAL
44,771,805/$104.73
38,648,979/ $59.40
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows: (in tonnes/in $/T)
April 2017
April 2016 Indonesia
2,730,764/ $61.61
2,072,656/ $ 42.83 Australia
2,576,313/ $85.35
3,115,623/ $109.45 Russia
1,419,244/ $77.95
1,087,580/ $ 54.86 S. Africa
580,460/ $96.20
- Canada
265,164/ $66.87
164,691/ $ 45.13 Marshall Islands
160,700/ $57.97
- U.S.
78,327/ $99.84
157,497/ $ 46.72 Hong Kong
72,391/ $55.99
- Liberia
70,179/ $61.16
- China
43,357/ $67.02
42,306/ $ 68.22 Austria
-
71,321/ $ 56.27
TOTAL
7,996,899/ $75.12
6,711,674/ $50.81