Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Operation of the coking industry from January to September 2020

From January to September 2020, the operation of the coking industry is basically stable, and profitability is gradually improving.
One is the slight decline in output.
From January to September, my country's coke output was 35.
058 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.
9%, which was 1.
6 percentage points narrower than the decline in the first half of the year.
Among them, the coke output of iron and steel coking enterprises was 82.
503 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.
1%; the coke output of other coking enterprises was 26.
355 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.
6%.
Second, prices have rebounded.
From January to September, the average price of coke with a particle size greater than 40 mm was 1845 yuan/ton, a year-on-year decrease of 8.
4%, which was 2.
3 percentage points lower than that in the first half of the year; the average price of coke with a particle size of 25-40 mm was 1759 yuan/ton, a year-on-year decrease A decrease of 10.
1%, the rate of decrease narrowed by 1.
8 percentage points compared with the first half of the year.
The third is that imports and exports have fluctuated.
From January to September, China’s coke export volume was 2.
598 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 49.
7%, which was 4.
6 percentage points lower than the decline in the first half of the year.
The average export price of coke was US$220.
2/ton, a year-on-year decrease of 23.
0%, which was a 1.
5% decrease compared to the first half of the year.
The import volume of coke was 2.
027 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 982.
8%, a decrease of 48% from the first half of the year.
The average import price of coke was US$229.
6/ton, a year-on-year decrease of 2.
0%.
Compared with the first half of the year, the year-on-year price has turned positive negative.
Fourth, economic benefits continued to improve.
Take Shanxi Province, the main coke production area, as an example.
From January to September 2020, the main business income of the coking industry was 132.
93 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.
3%.
The rate of decline narrowed by 6.
3 percentage points from the first half of the year and 10.
2 percentage points from the first quarter.
; The total profit realized was 7.
11 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 14.
3%, a decrease of 43.
4% compared with the first half of the year, and a decrease of 60.
4% compared with the first quarter.