SEOUL, May 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 17.8 percent to 12.3 million tonnes in April compared to 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 April are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
April 2018
April 2017 Indonesia
3,175,374/ $ 70.75
2,730,764/ $ 61.73 Australia
3,017,708/ $123.22
3,600,076/ $110.30 Russia
2,493,493/ $109.99
2,079,945/ $102.56 Canada
1,252,166/ $175.50
517,924/ $156.27 South Africa
990,762/ $ 97.17
580,460/ $ 96.30 United States
559,544/ $155.90
440,562/ $184.09 Colombia
467,688/ $106.50
1,841/ $257.47 Singapore
150,898/ $106.62
- China
90,372/ $186.16
107,957/ $198.86 Mexico
60,000/ $110.22
- Marshall Island
-
160,700/ $ 57.97
Hong Kong
-
72,391/ $ 55.99 Liberia
-
70,179/ $ 61.16 Mozambique
-
42,767/ $119.93
TOTAL
12,258,005/$111.22
10,405,566/ $100.11
Details of the January to April imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
January-April 2018
January-April 2017 Australia
14,099,321/ $131.19
14,345,800/ $123.33 Indonesia
11,299,012/ $ 69.16
12,153,923/ $ 60.12 Russia
8,211,197/ $112.10
6,802,971/ $105.79 Canada
4,217,280/ $146.45
2,986,236/ $175.01 South Africa
3,663,054/ $ 99.62
3,495,039/ $ 95.38 United States
1,623,978/ $149.60
1,434,442/ $164.04 Colombia
1,531,443/ $102.75
1,607,871/ $ 95.66 China
473,714/ $150.19
635,516/ $110.83 Singapore
150,898/ $106.62
- Mozambique
150,681/ $233.10
315,817/ $144.29 Mexico
141,211/ $115.56
- News Zealand
131,752/ $148.92
- India
57,900/ $ 72.21
- Switzerland
22,600/ $151.81
- Belgium
1,553/ $282.68
- Philippines
40/ $150.00
- Marshall Island
-
160,700/ $ 57.97 Austria
-
133,477/ $ 90.64 Saudi Arabia
-
111,061/ $119.56 Hong Kong
-
72,391/ $ 55.99 Liberia
-
70,179/ $ 61.16
TOTAL
45,775,634/ $111.43
44,325,423/ $104.31
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
April 2018
April 2017 Indonesia
3,175,374/ $ 70.75
2,730,764/ $ 61.73 Australia
2,055,299/ $ 97.38
2,576,313/ $ 85.47 Russia
1,939,590/ $ 95.43
1,419,244/ $ 77.90 South Africa
990,762/ $ 97.17
580,460/ $ 96.30 Colombia
466,912/ $106.20
- Canada
435,801/ $ 83.96
265,164/ $ 66.87 United States
217,732/ $ 91.04
78,327/ $ 99.79 Singapore
150,898/ $106.62
- Mexico
60,000/ $110.22
- China
33,572/ $ 92.52
43,357/ $ 67.02 Marshall Island
-
160,700/ $ 57.97 Hong Kong
-
72,391/ $ 55.99 Liberia
-
70,179/ $ 61.16
TOTAL
9,525,940/ $87.97
7,996,899/ $ 75.20