SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports fell
3.7 percent in May from the same month 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 May are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
May 2016 May 2015
Australia 3,207,203/ $68.45 3,036,680/ $83.34
Indonesia 2,577,107/ $41.51 2,323,063/ $54.66
Russia 1,641,030/ $61.16 1,920,928/ $68.09
Canada 705,817/ $81.39 1,189,461/ $87.17
U.S. 254,458/ $82.30 359,182/ $99.24
Colombia 162,443/ $53.75 1,359/ $233.96
China 147,344/ $87.48 165,090/ $104.37
TOTAL 8,695,404/ $60.59 9,030,237/ $73.94
Details of the January to May imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-April 2016 Jan-April 2015
Australia 20,897,083/ $63.42 21,295,122/ $87.15
Indonesia 12,419,157/ $42.67 13,352,135/ $56.33
Russia 8,413,957/ $62.16 8,291,890/ $77.06
Canada 2,763,631/ $82.81 5,113,562/ $95.89
U.S. 1,434,167/ $77.02 1,426,002/ $106.67
China 728,037/ $83.12 578,588/ $109.13
Switzerland 190,459/ $67.24
Colombia 166,077/ $57.55 5,731/ $239.57
S. Africa 164,979/ $58.49 166,999/ $69.18
Hong Kong 134,933/ $81.94 -
Mozambique 76,999/ $95.98 -
Austria 71,321/ $56.27 -
New Zealand 19,800/ $68.03 -
Singapore 1,563/ $229.12 -
Trinidad Tobago - 34,473/ $129.52
TOTAL 47,482,162/ $59.69 50,264,503/ $78.98
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last
month are as follows: (in tonnes / in $/T)
April 2016 April 2015
Indonesia 2,577,107/ $41.51 2,323,063/ $54.66
Australia 1,854,802/ $56.47 1,853,712/ $71.62
Russia 1,256,290/ $57.12 1,760,850/ $66.01
Colombia 160,904/ $52.19 -
Canada 158,165/ $48.42 654,075/ $66.47
China 39,900/ $68.77 83,884/ $85.46
U.S. - 109,842/ $62.77
TOTAL 6,047,168/ $49.99 6,785,426/ $63.89