SEOUL, Nov 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 6.1 percent to about 9.8 million tonnes in October compared with a year earlier, customs data showed on Wednesday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in October are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
October 2017
October 2016 Australia
3,233,326/ $120.51
3,372,355/ $ 90.09 Indonesia
2,531,771/ $ 63.89
2,497,497/ $ 44.89 Russia
1,702,555/ $ 97.57
2,497,497/ $ 44.89 S.Africa
1,018,221/ $ 89.67
109,998/ $ 75.79 Canada
585,947/ $160.15
647,148/ $102.00 United States
564,490/ $133.24
379,496/ $ 98.54 Colombia
76,738/ $117.24
363,786/ $ 82.45 China
68,166/ $137.28
134,230/ $ 71.00 Singapore
-
123,895/ $ 86.58 Chile
-
151,800/ $ 74.00 Mozambique
-
75,098/ $ 90.12
TOTAL
9,781,214/ $101.85
9,216,480/ $ 75.15
Details of the January to October imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
January-October 2017
January-October 2016 Australia
37,536,208/ $118.99
40,006,559/ $ 68.65 Indonesia
28,076,231/ $ 61.08
25,280,479/ $ 42.64 Russia
19,945,703/ $ 98.20
17,394,673/ $ 62.02 Canada
8,545,007/ $150.95
5,402,422/ $ 86.66 S.Africa
6,223,143/ $ 92.06
700,666/ $ 66.25 United States
3,674,640/ $167.76
3,126,799/ $ 81.40 Colombia
3,509,942/ $ 98.12
1,341,303/ $ 74.01 China
1,601,314/ $132.52
1,572,379/ $ 76.90 Mozambique
783,867/ $154.73
229,097/ $ 90.91 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
- Liberia
70,179/ $ 61.16
- New Zealand
63,987/ $132.64
19,800/ $ 68.03 Switzerland
-
166,259/ $ 67.25 Chile
-
151,800/ $ 74.00 Hong Kong
-
134,933/ $ 81.94 Singapore
-
125,458/ $ 88.36
TOTAL
110,507,850/ $102.70
95,800,948/ $ 62.29
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
October 2017
October 2016 Indonesia
2,531,771/ $ 63.89
2,497,497/ $ 44.89 Australia
1,933,741/ $ 87.36
1,849,277/ $ 70.60 Russia
1,202,733/ $ 82.94
1,025,953/ $ 64.06 S.Africa
1,018,221/ $ 89.67
109,998/ $ 75.79 United States
227,124/ $ 80.97
- Canada
87,300/ $ 73.13
165,000/ $ 53.84 Colombia
76,738/ $117.24
363,786/ $ 82.45 China
37,601/ $ 92.55
108,930/ $ 63.12 Chile
-
151,800/ $ 73.88 Singapore
-
123,895/ $ 86.58
TOTAL
7,115,229/ $ 78.56
6,396,137/ $ 60.10