Russian bituminous coal exports up 11.6% in Jan-Feb - customs
MOSCOW. April 8 (Interfax) - Russian bituminous coal exports rose 11.6% year-on-year in January-February 2019 to 29.4 million tonnes, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.
Exports of coke and semi-coke fell 15.1% to 534,600 tonnes.
Coal exports in 2M 2019:
2M 2019 | 2M 2019/2M 2018 | Feb 2019 | 2M 2019/2M 2018 | |||||
Product | '000 tonnes | $ mln | %, tonnes | %, value | '000 tonnes | $ mln | %, tonnes | %, value |
Bituminous coal | 29 376,7 | 2 556,3 | 11,6 | 23,1 | 18 379,1 | 1 589,9 | 67,1 | 64,5 |
Coke and semi-coke | 534,6 | 130,3 | -15,1 | 80,3 | 277,3 | 68,6 | 7,8 | 11,2 |
Bituminous coal imports rose 9.2% to 3.2 million tonnes in 2M 2019.
Coal imports in 2M 2019:
2M 2019 | 2M 2019/2M 2018 | Feb 2019 | 2M 2019/2M 2018 | |||||
Product | '000 tonnes | $ mln | %, tonnes | %, value | '000 tonnes | $ mln | %, tonnes | %, value |
Bituminous coal | 3 194,2 | 55,3 | 109,2 | 106,2 | 1 440,4 | 27,4 | 82,1 | 98,1 |
Source: Federal Customs Service (FCS)