China's coal imports 260 million tons in the first three quarters

From January to October 2013, China’s coal imports totaled 260 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%, and the average import price was US$89.8 per ton, down 13.1% year-on-year.

From January to October, China's total coal exports amounted to 6.31 million tons, a cumulative decrease of 1.58 million tons over the same period of last year and a cumulative decrease of 20% from the same period of last year. The cumulative export amount was US$90.892,000, which was a decrease of 34.1% from the cumulative export amount of US$1.36695 billion in the first 10 months of 2012. %.

The export volume of hard coal and lignite in October was 400,000 tons, which was a decrease of 9.1% year-on-year and a decrease of 18.37% compared with the previous period. In October, China’s coal exports amounted to USD 55.828 million.

From January to October, China exported 3.24 million tons of coke and semi-coke, an increase of 2.33 million tons over the same period of last year, which was an increase of 2.57 times year-on-year. In the first 10 months of this year, the total amount of exported coke and semi-coke was USD 787,116,000, which was a year-on-year increase of 96% over the same period of the previous year.

In October, China exported 520,000 tons of coke and semi-coke, an increase of 210,000 tons over the previous month. The amount of export completed was US$116.452 million.