TABLE-S.Korea's March coal imports up 5.1 pct y/y

© Reuters. TABLE-S.Korea's March coal imports up 5.1 pct y/y

SEOUL, April 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 5.1 percent to nearly 11.5 million tonnes in March compared with a year earlier, according to customs data released on Sunday.

Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.

Details of total imports in March are as follows:

(in tonnes/ in $/T)

March 2018

March 2017 Australia

3,893,513/ $138.80

3,634,922/ $122.44 Indonesia

2,399,475/ $ 71.00

3,449,957/ $ 59.78 Russia

2,308,145/ $114.89

1,292,420/ $117.41 South Africa

1,033,742/ $100.04

855,549/ $105.48 Canada

736,324/ $147.27

868,082/ $223.49 United States

319,185/ $172.21

382,623/ $123.40

Colombia

310,182/ $ 95.87

212,580/ $103.61 Mozambique

150,681/ $233.10

42,767/ $119.95 China

137,909/ $151.17

163,211/ $121.26 Mexico

81,211/ $119.52

- New Zealand

66,000/ $158.97

- Switzerland

22,620/ $151.81

- Belgium

1,553/ $282.68

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TOTAL

11,460,520/ $118.02

10,902,121/ $108.37

Details of the January to March imports are as follows:

(in tonnes/ in $/T)

January-March 2018

January-March 2017 Australia

11,081,613/ $133.36

10,745,724/ $127.70 Indonesia

8,123,638/ $ 68.54

9,423,159/ $ 59.65 Russia

5,717,704/ $113.00

4,723,026/ $107.21 Canada

2,965,114/ $134.18

2,468,312/ $178.95 South Africa

2,672,292/ $100.53

2,914,579/ $ 95.20 United States

1,064,434/ $146.29

993,879/ $155.15

Colombia

1,063,756/ $101.10

1,606,030/ $ 95.48 China

393,342/ $141.94

527,559/ $ 92.82 Mozambique

150,681/ $233.10

273,050/ $148.10 New Zealand

131,752/ $148.92

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Mexico

81,211/ $119.52

- India

57,900/ $ 72.21

- Switzerland

22,600/ $151.81

- Belgium

1,553/ $282.68

- Philippines

40/ $150.00

- Austria

-

133,477/ $ 90.64 Saudi Arabia

-

111,061/ $119.56

TOTAL

33,517,630/ $111.50

33,919,856/ $105.61

Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:

(In tonnes / in $/T)

March 2018

March 2017 Indonesia

2,399,475/ $ 71.00

3,499,957/ $ 59.78 Australia

2,311,232/ $106.43

2,385,967/ $ 90.53 Russia

1,675,218/ $101.74

904,021/ $ 97.70 South Africa

1,033,742/ $100.04

855,549/ $105.48 Canada

394,156/ $ 79.16

239,584/ $ 68.04 Colombia

308,622/ $ 94.93

211,008/ $102.46 Mexico

81,211/ $119.52

- China

76,309/ $ 97.30

126,271/ $ 69.60 United States

59,252/ $105.13

258,233/ $ 83.11

TOTAL

8,339,217/ $ 92.82

8,430,590/ $79.35