SEOUL, Aug 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 13.2 percent to 10.87 million tonnes in July compared with a year earlier, customs data showed on Tuesday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in July are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
July 2017
July 2016 Australia
4,856,446/ $116.97 4,085,776/ $ 67.47 Indonesia
2,220,762/ $ 59.47 2,121,500/ $ 41.57 Russia
2,126,922/ $ 88.24 2,045,072/ $ 59.28 Canada
483,231/ $139.43
471,643/ $ 87.23 Colombia
330,353/ $ 94.39
287,527/ $ 53.61 United States
198,902/ $ 96.44
263,160/ $ 76.96 China
127,505/ $154.84
160,489/ $ 73.66 Mozambique
86,416/ $151.81
- S.Africa
-
167,480/ $ 65.95
TOTAL
10,872,590/ $99.10 9,602,647/ $ 60.90
Details of the January to July imports:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-July 2017
Jan-July 2016 Australia
25,874,194/ $122.63 28,520,776/ $ 64.19 Indonesia
18,996,045/ $ 60.41 16,665,011/ $ 42.36 Russia
13,928,300/ $102.88 12,055,372/ $ 61.21 Canada
5,698,003/ $167.11
4,036,367/ $ 81.81 S.Africa
4,454,779/ $ 93.80
332,459/ $ 62.27 Colombia
2,760,285/ $ 97.72
455,399/ $ 55.69 United States
2,462,400/ $178.72
2,093,219/ $ 76.44 China
1,311,577/ $135.83
1,001,925/ $ 79.72 Mozambique
475,205/ $162.33
76,999/ $ 95.98 Marshall Is.
160,700/ $ 57.97
- Austria
133,477/ $ 90.64
148,321/ $ 56.71 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
19,800/ $ 68.03 Switzerland
-
166,259/ $ 67.25 Singapore
-
1,563/ $229.05
TOTAL
76,572,583/ $106.30 65,708,403/ $ 59.82
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
July 2017
July 2016 Australia
3,122,430/ $ 86.60
2,678,560/$135.93 Indonesia
2,220,762/ $ 59.47
2,041,500/$ 40.60 Russia
1,622,344/ $ 78.21
1,536,682/$ 54.25 Equatorial Guinea
378,066/ $ 80.99
- Colombia
329,324/ $ 93.83
286,000/$ 52.74 Canada
312,655/ $ 61.37
95,000/$ 51.53 United States
139,127/ $ 72.18
125,700/$ 48.66 China
41,730/ $ 91.73
108,561/$ 61.80 S.Africa
-
167,480/ $ 65.95 TOTAL
8,166,438/ $ 76.40
7,039,483/ $ 51.72