SEOUL, Feb 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports fell 2.8 percent to 11.7 million tonnes in January compared with a year ago, according to customs data released this week during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production. Details of total imports in January are as follows:
(in tonnes/in $/T)
January 2018
January 2017 Australia
3,987,470/ $130.08
3,519,996/ $128.97 Indonesia
3,137,163/ $ 67.02
3,472,560/ $ 58.54 Russia
1,705,279/ $113.06
1,706,388/ $102.19 Canada
1,069,639/ $133.55
1,028,841/ $159.31 S.Africa
591,792/ $ 99.30
781,474/ $ 93.78 Colombia
447,423/ $105.30
877,930/ $ 97.77 United States
431,507/ $132.76
345,889/ $172.59 China
179,839/ $130.23
196,385/ $ 89.50 New Zealand
65,752/ $138.82
- India
57,900/ $ 72.21
- Mozambique
-
76,997/ $177.38
TOTAL
11,673,764/ $108.32
12,006,460/ $103.74
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(in tonnes/in $/T)
January 2018
January 2017 Indonesia
3,137,163/ $ 67.02
3,472,560/ $58.54 Australia
2,591,225/ $103.33
2,149,485/ $88.66 Russia
1,219,929/ $101.55
1,235,270/ $84.04 S.Africa
591,792/ $ 99.30
781,474/ $93.78 Canada
571,968/ $ 72.86
453,305/ $56.45 Colombia
444,369/ $104.02
877,433/ $97.68 United States
163,902/ $ 73.12
- China
116,039/ $ 92.84
171,385/ $68.92 India
57,900/ $ 72.21
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TOTAL
8,894,287/ $ 87.19
9,140,913/ $75.93