SEOUL, Jan 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports fell 13.9 percent to 11 million tonnes in December, compared with a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in December are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
December 2017
December 2016 Australia
3,461,764/ $117.80
3,779,725/ $132.78 Indonesia
3,378,563/ $ 67.77
3,257,005/ $ 53.54 Russia
1,768,717/ $107.61
2,124,486/ $ 87.41 Canada
886,107/ $113.50
813,743/ $172.59 S.Africa
850,994/ $ 96.83
1,082,918/ $ 85.83 Colombia
276,402/ $105.87
818,972/ $ 85.97 China
171,058/ $140.99
389,620/ $ 97.1 United States
130,680/ $176.13
513,048/ $119.88 Mozambique
77,000/ $140.43
- Singapore
-
- New Zealand
-
-
TOTAL
11,001,285/ $ 99.74
12,779,517/ $ 98.99
Details of South Korea's coal imports in full-year 2017 are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
January-December 2017 January-December 2016 Australia
45,139,251/ $118.94
47,325,862/ $ 78.30 Indonesia
34,123,502/ $ 61.96
31,156,063/ $ 44.30 Russia
22,711,121/ $ 99.55
21,426,080/ $ 66.86 Canada
10,268,221/ $146.01
6,544,144/ $101.34 S.Africa
7,799,990/ $ 92.38
2,195,392/ $ 79.67 United States
4,239,917/ $168.75
3,765,548/ $ 85.55 Colombia
3,786,344/ $ 98.69
2,467,551/ $ 77.65 China
1,898,331/ $132.78
2,394,762/ $ 83.95 Mozambique
885,866/ $154.50
229,097/ $ 90.91 Marshall Is.
160,700/ $ 57.97
-
Austria
133,477/ $ 90.64
225,321/ $ 66.42 Saudi Arabia
111,061/ $119.56
-
Hong Kong
72,391/ $ 55.99
134,933/ $ 81.94 Liberia
70,179/ $ 61.16
- New Zealand
63,987/ $132.64
84,703/ $116.67 Singapore
-
200,960/ $ 85.84 Switzerland
-
166,259/ $ 67.25 Chile
-
151,800/ $ 73.88
TOTAL
131,464,338/ $102.64
118,468,475/ $ 68.95
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
December 2017
December 2016 Indonesia
3,378,563/ $ 96.83
3,257,005/ $ 53.54 Australia
2,451,974/ $ 67.77
2,285,682/ $ 88.81 Russia
1,240,361/ $ 94.43
1,504,960/ $ 68.60 S.Africa
850,994/ $ 96.83
1,082,918/ $ 85.83 Canada
542,198/ $ 72.49
303,198/ $ 55.70 Colombia
274,856/ $104.83
817,699/ $ 85.74 China
88,985/ $ 93.17
300,570/ $ 74.25 United States
-
123,549/ $ 91.46 Austria
-
-
TOTAL
8,827,931/ $ 84.09
9,675,580/ $ 71.74