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    Changes in the source of my country's coal imports in the first 5 months

    • Last Update: 2021-08-10
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    As the price gap between domestic coal and imported coal narrowed sharply, coal imports continued to decline year-on-year in May
    .


    Data show that China imported 21.


    From January to May this year, Indonesia was still China’s largest source of imported coal, but its imports fell slightly year-on-year.


    The main reason was that the rainfall in Indonesia this year was more than that of the same period last year, which hindered exports to a certain extent


    It is worth mentioning that in the first five months, China’s coal imports from Colombia and the United States increased by 133.


    7% and 789.
    7% year-on-year, respectively, while the amount of coal imported from South Africa increased from zero tons in the same period last year to 2,641,100 tons this year


    A few days ago, it was reported that the customs of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, etc.


    have gradually relaxed the customs clearance restrictions on imported coal, and imported coal that arrives before the end of June may not be included in the annual quota


    In terms of coal types, China imported the most thermal coal in May, accounting for 44.


    5% of imported coal; lignite ranked second, accounting for 35.


    In May, China imported 3.


    412 million tons of coking coal, a decrease of 2.


      In May, China imported 800,000 tons of coking coal from Mongolia, an increase of 29.


    7% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 53.


      Affected by this, the United States is taking the opportunity to become China's new major coking coal supplier, and it currently ranks third
    .

      In May, China imported 719,000 tons of coking coal from the United States.


    From January to May, China imported a total of 2.
    932 million tons of coking coal from the United States, an increase of 789.


      In terms of thermal coal, China imported 9.
    359 million tons of thermal coal in May, a month-on-month decrease of 2.
    9% and a year-on-year increase of 4.
    55%
    .
    Among them, the import of thermal coal from Indonesia was 5.
    01 million tons, a month-on-month increase of 0.
    2%, and a year-on-year increase of 28.
    7%; the import of thermal coal from Russia was 3.
    176 million tons, a month-on-month increase of 9.
    8%, and a year-on-year increase of 132.
    4%; the import of thermal coal from Colombia was 669,000 tons, a month-on-month increase.
    An increase of 39.
    6%, an increase of 103.
    5% year-on-year
    .

      In May, China imported 7.
    501 million tons of lignite, a decrease of 3.
    3% month-on-month and 4.
    9% year-on-year
    .
    Among them, 6.
    081 million tons came from Indonesia, a decrease of 6.
    3% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 15.
    7%
    .
    In second place is the Philippines.
    In May, China imported 1.
    246 million tons of lignite from the Philippines, an increase of 2.
    9% month-on-month and an increase of 182.
    1% year-on-year
    .
    From January to May, China imported 38.
    436 million tons of lignite, a year-on-year decrease of 16.
    2%
    .

      In addition, China imported 768,000 tons of anthracite coal in May, all from Russia, down 6.
    6% month-on-month and up 77.
    8% year-on-year
    .
    From January to May, China imported 3.
    475 million tons of anthracite, a year-on-year increase of 24.
    5%
    .

      By country, the top five importing countries of China's coal imports in May were Indonesia, Russia, the Philippines, Mongolia and Colombia
    .
    China imported 19.
    342 million tons of coal from the above five countries, accounting for 91.
    9% of all imported coal
    .
    Among them, 11.
    221 million tons of coal was imported from Indonesia, a decrease of 4.
    4% month-on-month and an increase of 0.
    2% year-on-year
    .


      Transfer from: China Coal News

      

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