SEOUL, July 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 26 percent in June 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 June are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
June 2017
June 2016 Australia
3,585,640/ $129.22 3,537,917/ $ 64.93 Russia
2,477,432/ $ 99.08 1,709,883/ $ 59.33 Indonesia
2,337,539/ $ 61.67 2,215,914/ $ 41.14 Canada
1,225,509/ $180.62
801,132/ $ 77.80 Colombia
677,786/ $101.86
1,795/ $217.27 United States
379,720/ $244.17
395,894/ $ 74.05 S.Africa
317,934/ $ 87.45
- China
155,638/ $122.12
113,399/ $ 67.43
TOTAL
11,157,198/ $114.98 8,852,934/ $ 59.46
Details of the January to June imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-June 2017
Jan-June 2016 Australia
21,017,748/ $123.93 24,434,999/ $ 63.64 Indonesia
16,775,283/ $ 60.53 14,543,511/ $ 42.47 Russia
11,801,378/ $105.51 10,010,301/ $ 61.60 Canada
5,214,772/ $169.67
3,564,724/ $ 81.09 S.Africa
4,076,713/ $94.99
164,979/ $ 58.53 Colombia
2,429,932/ $ 98.18
167,872/ $ 59.25 United States
2,263,497/ $185.95
1,830,061/ $ 76.36 China
1,184,072/ $133.78
841,436/ $ 80.88 Mozambique
388,789/ $164.67
76,999/ $ 95.98 Marshall Is.
160,700/ $ 57.97
- Austria
133,477/ $ 90.64
148,321/ $ 56.71 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 Singapore
-
1,563/ $229.05
TOTAL
65,699,992/ $107.49
56,105,758/ $59.63
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
June 2017
June 2016 Indonesia
2,337,539/ $ 61.67
2,215,914/ $ 41.14 Australia
2,211,748/ $ 86.83
2,534,255/ $128.14 Russia
1,741,048/ $ 74.32
1,207,528/ $ 53.33 Colombia
677,261/ $101.73
- Canada
465,735/ $ 65.41
245,423/ $ 45.88 S.Africa
317,934/ $ 87.45
- China
85,655/ $ 87.46
88,099/ $ 59.79 Austria
-
77,000/ $ 57.12 United States
-
125,699/ $ 48.15
TOTAL
7,836,920/ $ 76.59
6,493,918/ $50.01