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
-
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
-
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
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