SEOUL, April 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 7.3 percent in March 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 March are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
March 2017
March 2016 Australia
3,634,922/ $122.42
4,812,098/ $62.39 Indonesia
3,449,957/ $59.61
2,612,744/ $42.07 Russia
1,319,919/ $117.71
1,636,271/ $64.13 Canada
868,082/ $223.40
574,288/ $80.21 South Africa
855,549/ $104.90
- U.S.
382,624/ $123.16
310,491/ $94.88 China
234,721/ $124.23
177,183/ $84.43 Colombia
212,580/ $103.41
- Mozambique
42,767/ $119.95
76,999/ $95.98 Switzerland
-
47,680/ $67.24 Singapore
-
1,563/ $229.12
TOTAL
11,001,121/ $108.45 10,249,316/ $60.15
Details of the January to March imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-March 2017
Jan-March 2016 Australia
10,745,724/ $127.97
12,902,305/ $62.11 Indonesia
9,423,159/ $59.51
7,769,394/ $43.08 Russia
4,900,310/ $108.31
5,018,334/ $62.55 S.Africa
2,914,579/ $95.03
164,978/ $58.53 Canada
2,468,312/ $178.71
1,608,902/ $84.25 Colombia
1,606,031/ $95.45
3,115/ $228.87 U.S.
993,879/ $154.90
852,650/ $68.12 China
727,259/ $99.91
514,687/ $82.54 Mozambique
273,050/ $147.60
76,999/ $95.98 Austria
133,477/ $90.64
- Saudi Arabia
111,061/ $119.56
- Switzerland
-
141,639/ $67.15 Hong Kong
-
31,990/ $88.50 New Zealand
-
19,800/ $68.03
TOTAL
34,296,840/ $105.85
29,106,355/ $59.02
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows: (in tonnes/in $/T)
March 2017
March 2016 Indonesia
3,449,957/ $59.61
2,612,744/ $42.07 Australia
2,385,967/ $90.51
3,219,583/ $114.12 Russia
904,021/ $96.78
1,173,872/ $60.93 S. Africa
855,549/ $104.90
- U.S.
258,233/ $82.80
- Canada
239,584/ $67.81
137,038/ $45.17 Colombia
211,008/ $102.26
- China
126,271/ $69.33
60,920/ $68.12
TOTAL
8,430,590/ $79.10
7,204,157/ $51.00