SEOUL, Sept 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports fell 3.0 percent to 11.0 million tonnes in August compared with a year earlier, according to customs data released on Saturday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in August are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
August 2018
August 2017 Australia
3,289,112/ $123.07
4,061,577/ $103.87 Indonesia
2,807,490/ $ 71.97
2,783,174/ $ 60.75 Russia
2,755,723/ $107.53
2,355,650/ $ 81.80 Canada
961,188/ $151.90
741,723/ $108.41 South Africa
581,795/ $100.13
488,123/ $ 83.65 Colombia
316,827/ $113.59
290,521/ $ 94.49 China
161,707/ $146.47
85,786/ $101.02 United States
136,724/ $142.67
336,567/ $183.78 Mozambique
20,000/ $203.65
233,208/ $142.11
TOTAL
11,030,566/ $107.94
11,376,329/ $ 91.06
Details of the January to August imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
January-August 2018
January-August 2017 Australia
26,405,289/ $130.64
29,935,771/ $119.75 Indonesia
21,493,450/ $ 69.67
21,779,220/ $ 60.54 Russia
17,025,717/ $111.25
16,017,766/ $ 99.20 Canada
8,197,997/ $139.77
6,439,726/ $160.18 South Africa
6,204,941/ $99.36
4,942,902/ $ 92.90 Colombia
3,586,265/ $102.02
3,050,807/ $ 97.49 United States
2,661,728/ $159.30
2,798,967/ $179.42 China
1,074,048/ $150.29
1,217,163/ $134.32 Mozambique
474,724/ $212.35
708,413/ $155.87 Mexico
201,211/ $115.10
- New Zealand
196,261/ $156.12
63,987/ $132.64 Singapore
150,898/ $106.62
- India
57,900/ $ 72.21
- Switzerland
22,600/ $151.81
- Belgium
1,553/ $282.72
- Philippines
195/ $395.48
- Marshall Island
-
160,700/ $ 57.97 Austria
-
133,477/ $ 90.64 Saudi Arabia
-
111,061/ $119.56 Hong Kong
-
72,391/ $ 55.99 Liberia
-
70,179/ $ 61.16
TOTAL
87,754,776/ $110.92
87,502,528/ $104.09
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
August 2018
August 2017 Indonesia
2,807,490/ $ 71.97
2,783,174/ $ 60.75 Australia
2,534,405/ $105.77
3,180,618/ $ 87.71 Russia
2,147,121/ $ 95.92
1,936,253/ $ 73.04 South Africa
581,795/ $100.13
488,123/ $ 83.65 Canada
380,910/ $ 94.56
402,867/ $ 64.79 Colombia
293,270/ $108.73
290,005/ $ 94.17 China
103,722/ $115.26
60,486/ $ 82.05 United States
74,867/ $120.41
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TOTAL
8,923,580/ $ 92.25
9,141,527/ $ 75.33