China: Coking Coal Imports Rise 31.6% in Apr'17 M-o-M
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In China, Coking Coal imports were up by 31.68% in Apr'17 over that in Mar'17, an analysis of the recent data released by China Customs shows.
In Apr'17, 8.46 MnT of Coking Coal was imported in that country, over taking that in the previous month, at 6.43 MnT.
Among the countries of import, Australia figured as the top country, followed by Mongolia.
During the Jan-Apr'17 period, 25.56 MnT of the coal was imported in China.
The consolidated table is shown below:
| Quantity in MnT | |||
| COUNTRY | Apr'17 | Mar'17 | Jan-Apr'17 |
| Indonesia | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.48 |
| Mongolia | 2.88 | 2.39 | 9.29 |
| Russia | 0.41 | 0.41 | 1.53 |
| Columbia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Canada | 0.80 | 0.06 | 1.36 |
| US | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.81 |
| Australia | 4.06 | 3.24 | 12.03 |
| New Zealand | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| TOTAL | 8.46 | 6.43 | 25.56 |
Source: CoalMint Research
