SEOUL, March 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 3.2 percent to 10.7 million tonnes in February from a year earlier, customs data showed on Friday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in February are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
February 2019
February 2018 Australia
3,948,271/ $115.03
3,200,631/ $131.79 Indonesia
2,687,539/ $ 59.08
2,586,999/ $ 68.20 Russia
1,601,496/ $116.87
1,704,280/ $113.10 Canada
970,983/ $160.96
1,159,151/ $126.98 United States
343,173/ $164.65
313,742/ $138.52 South Africa
315,914/ $ 94.12
1,046,758/ $101.71 Colombia
285,820/ $101.27
306,151/ $100.28 Latbia
212,432/ $107.17
- Mozambique
173,682/ $215.87
- China
110,178/ $176.67
65,594/ $154.59 New Zealand
64,698/ $159.22
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TOTAL
10,714,186/ $108.42
10,383,305/ $108.73
Details of the January-February to imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
January-February 2019
January-February 2018 Australia
8,910,182/ $116.07
7,188,101/ $132.30 Indonesia
6,681,159/ $ 62.27
5,724,162/ $ 67.66 Russia
3,201,855/ $115.90
3,373,059/ $114.41 Canada
2,244,791/ $152.79
2,228,790/ $131.11 Colombia
740,630/ $107.44
753,574/ $103.27 South Africa
602,495/ $ 92.83
1,638,550/ $100.78 United States
572,420/ $179.81
745,249/ $134.51 Latvia
212,432/ $107.17
- China
195,619/ $185.22
206,933/ $126.03 Mozambique
173,682/ $215.87
- New Zealand
64,698/ $159.22
65,752/ $138.82 Switzerland
24,200/ $155.04
- India
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57,900/ $ 72.45 Philippines
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40/ $150.00
TOTAL
23,624,163/ $106.38
21,982,110/ $109.13
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
February 2019
February 2018 Australia
3,012,711/ $ 96.67
2,076,718/ $102.59 Indonesia
2,687,539/ $ 59.08
2,586,999/ $ 68.20 Russia
1,011,058/ $ 96.51
1,291,806/ $ 98.84 Canada
374,491/ $ 81.34
743,094/ $ 75.11 South Africa
315,914/ $ 94.12
1,046,758/ $101.71 Colombia
285,820/ $101.27
306,151/ $100.28 Latvia
212,432/ $107.17
- United States
75,647/ $ 73.99
180,845/ $102.03 China
54,178/ $115.90
40,573/ $ 93.36
TOTAL
8,029,790/ $ 83.61
8,272,944/ $ 88.53