SEOUL, Aug 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports fell 6.5 percent in July compared with a year earlier, customs data showed on Tuesday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in July are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
July 2016
July 2015 Australia
4,085,777/ $67.47
5,916,165/ $75.15 Indonesia
2,361,687/ $41.35
2,441,065/ $53.82 Russia
2,133,072/ $59.65
1,831,413/ $67.95 Canada
471,643/ $87.23
131,771/ $111.09 Colombia
287,527/ $53.61
1,760/ $234.06 U.S.
263,159/ $76.96
203,482/ $109.83 S.Africa
167,480/ $65.95
- China
160,489/ $73.77
98,781/ $90.50
TOTAL
9,930,833/ $60.44 10,624,438/ $70.29
Details of the January to July imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-July 2016
Jan-July 2015 Australia
28,520,776/ $64.17
31,591,031/ $83.64 Indonesia
17,064,958/ $42.25
18,213,103/ $55.70 Russia
12,256,912/ $61.32
11,839,795/ $74.86 Canada
4,036,405/ $82.33
6,176,970/ $95.26 U.S.
2,093,220/ $76.45
2,218,886/ $106.62 China
1,001,925/ $79.84
812,635/ $105.36 Colombia
455,399/ $55.69
8,151/ $238.13 S. Africa
332,459/ $62.25
166,999/ $69.18 Switzerland
190,469/ $67.23
- Austria
148,321/ $56.71
- Hong Kong
134,933/ $81.94
- Mozambique
76,999/ $95.98
- New Zealand
19,800/ $68.03
- Singapore
1,563/ $229.12
- Trinidad Tobago
-
68,811/ $117.31
TOTAL
66,334,139/ $59.74
71,096,381/ $77.01
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows: (in tonnes/in $/T)
July 2016
July 2015 Australia
2,678,560/ $57.12
3,993,249/ $67.03 Indonesia
2,281,687/ $40.46
2,396,065/ $53.17 Russia
1,558,365/ $54.28
1,470,043/$64.28 Colombia
286,000/ $52.74
- S.Africa
167,480/ $65.95
- U.S.
125,700/ $48.64
- China
108,561/ $61.97
65,781/$83.44 Canada
95,000/ $51.53
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TOTAL
7,301,353/ $51.19
7,925,138/ $62.47