SEOUL, Oct 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose
2.1 percent in September from the same month a year earlier,
custom data showed on Thursday.
The total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power
generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of the total imports in September are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Sept 2015 Sept 2014
Australia 4,901,759/ $72.09 3,829,502/ $96.93
Indonesia 1,953,060/ $49.60 2,188,339/ $66.68
Russia 1,423,486/ $65.57 1,625,159/ $85.23
Canada 679,039/ $87.24 1,076,714/$100.25
U.S. 282,734/ $72.90 285,059/$133.33
China 222,639/ $99.06 194,485/$114.91
Colombia 1,024/$234.38 -
Mozambique - 72,300/$122.01
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TOTAL 9,463,741/ $68.23 9,271,558/ $89.81
Details of the January to September imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-Sept 2015 Jan-Sept 2014
Australia 40,782,891/ $81.12 37,463,184/$101.79
Indonesia 22,415,055/ $54.60 25,304,902/ $67.64
Russia 15,141,521/ $72.96 11,735,251/ $88.90
Canada 7,783,622/ $92.26 10,230,662/$110.18
U.S. 2,773,258/$103.62 3,400,693/$133.76
China 1,196,889/$102.81 1,161,865/$121.37
S.Africa 166,999/ $69.18 322,714/ $89.34
Trinidad Tobago 100,435/$118.10 -
Colombia 10,293/$237.25 6,072/$251.98
Mozambique - 197,202/$134.41
Singapore - 146,514/ $82.20
Belgium - 1,041/$251.68
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TOTAL 90,370,963/ $75.15 89,970,101/ $92.93
Of the total imports, details of the steam coal imports last
month are as follows: (in tonnes / in $/T)
Sept 2015 Sept 2014
Australia 3,305,943/ $63.64 2,642,339/ $89.05
Indonesia 1,953,060/ $49.60 2,188,339/ $66.68
Russia 1,198,478/ $62.67 1,197,976/ $78.97
United States 159,573/ $55.69 -
Canada 158,714/ $48.90 475,279/ $72.11
China 70,179/ $80.34 135,479/$107.85
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TOTAL 6,845,947/ $59.11 6,639,412/ $79.03