SEOUL, May 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports fell
14.5 percent in April from the same month 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 April are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
April 2016 April 2015
Australia 4,739,436/ $63.74 4,827,419/ $88.07
Indonesia 2,210,795/ $42.97 2,945,803/ $56.09
Russia 1,641,053/ $61.18 1,725,299/ $77.46
Canada 448,874/ $75.18 1,057,427/ $97.94
U.S. 327,058/ $63.29 376,030/ $102.37
Hong Kong 102,943/ $79.91 -
Austria 71,321/ $56.27 -
China 66,006/ $76.21 53,085/ $104.57
Switzerland 24,620/ $67.79 -
Colombia 518/ $216.22 2,291/ $233.96
TOTAL 9,542,624/ $ 59.43 11,154,353/ $79.22
Details of the January to April imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-April 2016 Jan-April 2015
Australia 17,641,740/ $62.54 18,258,442/ $87.79
Indonesia 9,890,189/ $43.00 11,029,072/ $56.68
Russia 6,772,927/ $62.40 6,370,962/ $79.77
Canada 2,057,814/ $83.29 3,924,101/ $98.53
U.S. 1,179,708/ $75.88 1,066,820/ $109.17
China 580,693/ $82.00 413,499/ $111.04
Switzerland 190,459/ $67.24
S. Africa 164,978/ $58.49 166,999/ $69.18
Hong Kong 134,933/ $81.94 -
Mozambique 76,999/ $95.98 -
Austria 72,321/ $56.27 -
New Zealand 19,800/ $68.03 -
Colombia 3,634/ $227.30 4,372/ $241.31
Singapore 1,563/ $229.05 -
TOTAL 38,786,758/ $59.48 41,234,267/ $79.98
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last
month are as follows: (in tonnes / in $/T)
April 2016 April 2015
Australia 3,067,484/ $54.94 2,703,671/ $72.85
Indonesia 2,120,795/ $42.97 2,945,803/ $56.09
Russia 1,087,580/ $54.65 1,339,197/ $73.39
Canada 164,691/ $45.13 314,376/ $56.66
China 42,306/ $68.10 31,885/ $89.01
U.S. 157,497/ $46.70 134,000/ $75.34
Austria 71,321/ $56.27 -
TOTAL 6,711,674/ $50.77 7,635,931/ $65.84