SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports fell 3.7 percent in May from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed on Wednesday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in May are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
May 2016
May 2015 Australia
3,207,203/ $68.45
3,036,680/ $83.34 Indonesia
2,577,107/ $41.51
2,323,063/ $54.66 Russia
1,641,030/ $61.16
1,920,928/ $68.09 Canada
705,817/ $81.39
1,189,461/ $87.17 U.S.
254,458/ $82.30
359,182/ $99.24 Colombia
162,443/ $53.75
1,359/ $233.96 China
147,344/ $87.48
165,090/ $104.37
TOTAL
8,695,404/ $60.59
9,030,237/ $73.94
Details of the January to May imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-April 2016
Jan-April 2015 Australia
20,897,083/ $63.42
21,295,122/ $87.15 Indonesia
12,419,157/ $42.67
13,352,135/ $56.33 Russia
8,413,957/ $62.16
8,291,890/ $77.06 Canada
2,763,631/ $82.81
5,113,562/ $95.89 U.S.
1,434,167/ $77.02
1,426,002/ $106.67 China
728,037/ $83.12
578,588/ $109.13 Switzerland
190,459/ $67.24
Colombia
166,077/ $57.55
5,731/ $239.57 S. Africa
164,979/ $58.49
166,999/ $69.18 Hong Kong
134,933/ $81.94
- Mozambique
76,999/ $95.98
- Austria
71,321/ $56.27
- New Zealand
19,800/ $68.03
- Singapore
1,563/ $229.12
- Trinidad Tobago
-
34,473/ $129.52
TOTAL
47,482,162/ $59.69
50,264,503/ $78.98
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows: (in tonnes / in $/T)
April 2016
April 2015 Indonesia
2,577,107/ $41.51
2,323,063/ $54.66 Australia
1,854,802/ $56.47
1,853,712/ $71.62 Russia
1,256,290/ $57.12
1,760,850/ $66.01 Colombia
160,904/ $52.19
- Canada
158,165/ $48.42
654,075/ $66.47 China
39,900/ $68.77
83,884/ $85.46 U.S.
-
109,842/ $62.77
TOTAL
6,047,168/ $49.99
6,785,426/ $63.89