SEOUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's coal imports rose 19.2 percent in September to 13.18 million tonnes from a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in September are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
September 2017
September 2016 Australia
4,367,111/ $110.43 4,313,652/ $ 79.76 Indonesia
3,765,240/ $ 62.80 3,090,835/ $ 42.63 Russia
2,180,432/ $ 88.33 2,292,347/ $ 63.10 Canada
1,519,334/ $107.61
224,771/ $102.00 Columbia
382,398/ $ 99.95
216,560/ $ 78.99 China
315,989/ $124.60
269,609/ $ 70.00 United States
311,184/ $126.32
388,789/ $ 83.13 S.Africa
262,020/ $ 87.90
258,209/ $ 67.29 Mozambique
75,454/ $145.85
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TOTAL
13,179,158/ $93.01 11,054,772/ $65.94
Details of the January to September imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
Jan-Sept 2017
Jan-Sept 2016 Australia
34,302,882/ $118.84 36,634,204/ $ 66.67 Indonesia
25,544,460/ $ 60.80 22,782,982/ $ 42.40 Russia
18,243,148/ $ 98.25 16,033,496/ $ 61.26 Canada
7,959,060/ $150.28
4,755,274/ $ 84.57 S.Africa
5,204,922/ $ 92.53
590,668/ $ 64.47 Colombia
3,433,204/ $ 97.70
977,517/ $ 70.87 United States
3,110,151/ $174.03
2,747,303/ $ 79.03 China
1,533,148/ $132.28
1,438,149/ $ 77.44 Mozambique
783,867/ $154.73
153,999/ $ 91.30 Marshall Is.
160,700/ $ 57.97
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Austria
133,477/ $ 90.64
148.321/ $ 56.71 Saudi Arabia
111,061/ $119.56
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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
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166,259/ $ 67.25 Singapore
-
1,563/ $229.12
TOTAL
100,726,637/ $102.78 86,584,467/ $ 60.92
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
September 2017
September 2016 Indonesia
3,765,240/ $ 62.80
3,090,835/ $ 42.63 Australia
3,009,885/ $ 87.26
2,559,070/ $175.50 Russia
1,678,442/ $ 76.57
1,768,470/ $ 58.54 Canada
843,005/ $ 68.59
- Colombia
381,373/ $ 99.48
215,000/ $ 78.00 S.Africa
262,020/ $ 87.90
258,209/ $ 67.29 China
155,385/ $ 92.04
205,849/ $ 62.36 United States
117,308/ $ 85.90
126,253/ $ 48.57
TOTAL
10,212,658/ $ 75.47
8,223,686/ $ 54.61