SEOUL, March 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 31.3 percent in February compared with a year earlier, customs data showed on Wednesday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in February are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Feb 2017
Feb 2016 Australia
3,590,807/ $132.72
3,799,029/ $60.75 Indonesia
2,500,641/ $60.96
2,332,381/ $42.99 Russia
1,782,599/ $104.58
1,569,100/ $61.19 South Africa
1,277,556/ $89.19
- Canada
571,389/ $146.51
145,000/ $90.02 Colombia
515,521/ $88.23
1,559/ $228.93 U.S.
265,366/ $178.18
274,697/ $46.79 China
167,953/ $68.98
80,418/ $74.50 Mozambique
153,286/ $141.24
- Austria
133,477/ $90.64
- Saudi Arabia
111,061/$119.61
Switzerland
-
93,959/ $67.10 Hong Kong
-
31,990/ $88.50 New Zealand
-
19,800/ $68.03
TOTAL
11,069,656/ $105.20
8,347,932/ $56.28
Details of the January to February imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-Feb 2017
Jan-Feb 2016 Australia
7,110,802/ $130.80
8,090,206/ $61.94 Indonesia
5,937,202/ $59.45
5,156,650/ $43.59 Russia
3,580,391/ $104.81
3,382,063/ $61.78 S.Africa
2,059,030/ $90.93
164,978/ $58.53 Canada
1,600,230/ $154.47
1,034,614/ $86.49 Colombia
1,393,450/ $94.24
3,115/ $228.89 U.S.
611,255/ $174.77
542,160/ $72.53 China
492,538/ $88.30
337,504/ $81.54 Mozambique
230,283/ $152.73
- Austria
133,477/ $90.64
- Saudi Arabia
111,061/ $119.56
- Switzerland
-
93,959/$67.10 Hong Kong
-
31,990/ $88.50 New Zealand
-
19,800/ $68.03
TOTAL
23,295,719/ $104.62
18,857,039 /$58.97
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows: (in tonnes/in $/T)
Feb 2017
Feb 2016 Indonesia
2,500,641/ $60.96
2,332,381/ $42.99 Australia
2,219,157/ $89.76
2,666,707/ $125.46 Russia
1,232,756/ $83.82
1,284,506/ $58.85 S. Africa
1,277,556/ $89.19
- Colombia
513,188/ $87.53
- Canada
319,594/ $72.10
- China
167,953/ $68.98
55,118/ $67.35 Austria
133,477/ $90.64
- Saudi Arabia
111,061/ $119.56
- U.S.
58,000/ $118.83
274,688/ $46.76
TOTAL
8,533,383/ $79.77
6,613,400/ $50.59