SEOUL, Oct 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 17.8 percent in September 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 September are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Sept 2016
Sept 2015 Australia
4,313,652/ $79.76
4,901,759/ $72.09 Indonesia
3,090,835/ $42.63
1,953,060/ $49.62 Russia
2,388,397/ $63.35
1,423,486/ $65.63 U.S.
388,789/ $83.13
282,734/ $72.90 China
269,609/ $69.86
222,639/ $99.06 S. Africa
258,209/ $67.29
- Canada
224,771/ $101.50
679,034/ $87.24 Colombia
216,560/ $78.99
1,024/ $234.35 TOTAL
11,150,822/ $65.96
9,463,741/ $68.24
Details of the January to September imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-Sept 2016
Jan-Sept 2015 Australia
36,634,204/ $66.66
40,782,891/ $81.18 Indonesia
23,182,929/ $42.33
22,415,055/ $54.64 Russia
16,269,086/ $61.35
15,085,328/ $72.74 Canada
4,755,313/ $85.01
7,783,622/ $92.31 U.S.
2,747,303/ $79.04
2,773,258/ $103.64 China
1,438,149/ $77.51
1,160,262/ $102.63 Colombia
977,517/ $70.87
10,293/ $237.24 S. Africa
590,668/ $64.46
166,999/ $69.18 Switzerland
190,459/ $67.24
- Mozambique
153,999/ $91.30
- Austria
148,321/ $56.71
- Hong Kong
134,933/ $81.94
- New Zealand
19,800/ $68.03
- Singapore
1,563/ $229.05
- Trinidad Tobago
-
100,435/ $118.10
TOTAL
87,244,244/ $60.86
90,278,144/ $75.14
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows: (in tonnes/in $/T)
Sept 2016
Sept 2015 Indonesia
3,090,835/ $42.63
1,953,060/ $49.62 Australia
2,559,070/ $62.81
3,395,943/ $63.64 Russia
1,768,470/ $58.43
1,198,478/ $62.75 S. Africa
258,209/ $67.29
- Colombia
215,000/ $78.00
- China
205,849/ $62.28
70,179/ $80.34 U.S.
126,253/ $48.57
159,573/ $55.69 Canada
-
158,714/ $48.90
TOTAL
8,223,686/ $54.59
6,845,947/ $59.13