SEOUL, Feb 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's imports of coal rose 4.73 percent in January from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday.
The total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of the total imports in January are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan 2016
Jan 2015
Australia
4,291,178/ $ 63.01
4,450,598/ $ 90.22
Indonesia
2,824,269/ $ 43.93
2,521,390/ $ 58.29
Russia
1,859,604/ $ 62.64
1,811,170/ $ 79.04
Canada
889,653/ $ 88.28
905,969/ $105.01
U.S.
267,463/ $ 99.10
302,802/ $127.25
China
257,086/ $ 83.96
87,430/ $106.84
South Africa
164,978/ $ 58.49
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Colombia
1,556/ $228.79
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TOTAL
10,555,787/ $61.35 10,079,359/ $ 82.81
Of the total imports, details of the steam coal imports last month are as follows:
Jan 2016
Jan 2015
Australia
2,981,433/ $ 55.41
2,754,947/ $ 80.44
Indonesia
2,774,769/ $ 43.34
2,471,890/ $ 57.54
Russia
1,444,461/ $ 59.43
1,597,115/ $ 76.05
South Africa
164,978/ $ 59.43
-
Canada
151,201/ $ 58.23
320,371/ $ 65.86
China
144,287/ $ 75.05
66,220/ $103.28
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TOTAL
7,661,129/ $ 52.29
7,210,543/ $ 71.18