SEOUL, Jan 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose
8.9 percent in December from the same month a year earlier,
customs data showed on Friday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power
generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in December are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Dec 2015 Dec 2014
Australia 5,739,618/ $66.40 5,020,962/ $89.19
Indonesia 2,332,939/ $44.05 2,861,269/ $59.70
Russia 2,032,963/ $64.56 1,382,215/ $84.42
Canada 415,536/ $95.83 445,339/$105.51
U.S. 219,570/$100.22 63,090/$131.04
China 85,807/ $86.50 173,023/$115.96
Colombia 2,068/$228.72 2,087/$249.64
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TOTAL 10,828,501/ $63.24 9,947,985/ $81.54
Details of the January to December imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-Dec 2015 Jan-Dec 2014
Australia 55,793,890/ $77.68 50,528,147/$ 99.47
Indonesia 28,836,598/ $52.69 33,199,568/ $66.37
Russia 20,012,094/ $71.16 15,747,146/ $87.69
Canada 9,332,853/ $91.21 12,221,455/$108.96
U.S. 3,410,797/$103.04 3,894,237/$133.14
China 1,588,435/$ 99.30 1,605,795/$119.64
S.Africa 166,999/ $69.18 322,714/ $89.34
Trinidad Tobago 158,395/$115.86 -
Mozambique 77,008/$100.31 197,202/$134.41
Colombia 14,928/$234.73 9,190/$251.14
Singapore - 146,514/ $82.20
Belgium - 1,041/$251.68
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TOTAL 119,391,997/ $72.69 117,873,046/ $90.97
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last
month are as follows: (in tonnes / in $/T)
Dec 2015 Dec 2014
Australia 3,978,524/ $59.20 3,565,891/ $80.16
Indonesia 2,332,939/ $44.05 2,861,269/ $59.70
Russia 1,569,253/ $61.83 1,151,913/ $80.86
China 60,507/ $81.53 65,322/$108.94
Canada - 128,735/$ 57.90
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TOTAL 7,941,223/ $55.44 7,773,130/ $72.60