SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 12.8 percent in May compared with a year earlier, customs data showed on Thursday.
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 2017
May 2016 Australia
3,086,309/ $118.38
3,207,203/ $68.46 Indonesia
2,283,821/ $ 62.25
2,485,547/ $41.45 Russia
2,254,791/ $107.66
1,641,030/ $61.36 Canada
1,003,027/ $139.33
765,817/ $75.01 U.S.
449,336/ $207.26
254,458/ $82.30 South Africa
263,740/ $100.85
- China
212,718/ $214.19
147,344/ $87.48 Colombia
144,275/ $109.12
162,443/ $53.75 Mozambique
72,972/ $254.76
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TOTAL
9,770,989/ $111.52
8,663,843/ $60.40
Details of the January to May imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-May 2017
Jan-May 2016 Australia
17,432,109/ $122.85
20,897,083/ $63.42 Indonesia
14,437,744/ $60.34
12,327,597/ $42.71 Russia
9,323,946/ $107.14
8,300,417/ $62.07 Canada
3,989,263/ $166.31
2,763,592/ $82.05 S.Africa
3,758,779/ $ 95.62
164,979/ $58.53 U.S.
1,883,778/ $174.22
1,434,168/ $77.00 Colombia
1,752,146/ $ 96.75
166,077/ $57.55 China
1,028,434/ $135.53
728,037/ $82.97 Mozambique
388,789/ $164.67
76,999/ $95.98 Marshall Islands
160,700/ $ 57.97
- Austria
133,477/ $ 90.64
71,321/ $56.27 Saudi Arabia
111,061/ $119.56
- Hong Kong
72,391/ $ 55.99
134,933/ $81.94 Liberia
70,179/ $ 61.16
- Switzerland
-
166,259/ $67.25 New Zealand
-
19,800/ $68.03 Singapore
-
1,563/ $229.12
TOTAL
54,542,796/$105.95
47,252,824/ $59.66
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
May 2017
May 2016 Indonesia
2,250,104/ $ 62.09
2,485,547/ $ 41.45 Australia
2,139,830/ $ 85.17
1,854,802/ $161.04 Russia
1,508,326/ $ 79.50
1,256,290/ $ 57.38 Canada
663,896/ $ 72.20
158,165/ $ 48.42 S. Africa
263,740/ $100.85
- Colombia
143,000/ $107.80
160,904/ $ 52.19 China
61,175/ $ 65.57
39,900/ $ 68.77
TOTAL
7,030,071/ $76.22
5,955,608/ $50.15