In the first three quarters of 2015, the country's coal output was 2.719 billion tons

China Coal Transportation and Marketing Association recently released data, relevant data show that from January to September, the national coal output completed a total of 2.
719 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 132 million tons, down 4.
62%, and its China's key coal mine output completed a total of 1.
386 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 100 million tons, down 6.
8
%, Shandong, Henan, Gansu and other major coal-producing provinces showed varying degrees of decline.

In terms of sales volume, the national coal sales volume in the first three quarters totaled 2.
586 billion tons, a year-on-year decrease of 153 million tons, down 5.
57%.

In September alone, sales volume reached 296 million tons, down 12.
5 million tons, down 4.
06%, of which sales in key state-owned coal mines completed 144 million tons, down 15.
9 million tons, down 9.
9%.

In terms of transportation volume, from January to September, the cumulative coal sent by railways nationwide was 150312 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 214.
27 million tons, a decrease of 12.
5%.

The cumulative amount of railway thermal coal sent nationwide reached 102908 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 143.
69 million tons, a decrease of 12.
3%.

Inventory data shows that as of the end of September, the inventory of thermal coal in key power plants nationwide was 69.
19 million tons, an increase of 3.
6 million tons or 5.
49% over the previous month; The average monthly coal consumption of thermal coal was 2.
69 million tons, a decrease of 580,000 tons, or 17.
74%, over the previous month; The number of days of thermal coal available was 25 days, an increase of 5 days
from the end of the previous month.
At the end of September, coal enterprise inventories were 108 million tons, an increase of 17.
83 million tons year-on-year, an increase of 19.
8%, basically unchanged from the end of last month, an increase of 21.
43 million tons from the beginning of the year, an increase of 24.
8%.

At the end of September, coal inventories in the country's major coal shipping ports were 35.
27 million tons, down 7.
68 million tons, or 7.
9%, and up 630,000 tons, or 1.
8%,
month-on-month.

In terms of import and export, according to the latest data of the General Administration of Customs, China's cumulative imports in January ~ September were 156.
36 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 66.
47 million tons, down 29.
83%.

The total amount was 9,627,518,000 US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 44.
5%; In January ~ September, China exported a total of 4.
02 million tons of coal, a year-on-year decrease of 344,800 tons, down 7.
89%, and a total amount of 394.
597 million US dollars, a year-on-year decrease of 27%.

In addition, in the first three quarters, the national fixed asset investment was 39.
5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.
3%, the growth rate was 0.
6 percentage points lower than the previous eight months; the investment in fixed assets in the coal mining and dressing industry continued to decline, with a cumulative investment of 297.
2 billion yuan in the first three quarters, down 16.
5% year-on-year, and the decline was 2 percentage points deeper than the previous eight months, of which private investment was 166.
7 billion yuan, down 16.
8%
year-on-year.