Russian bituminous coal exports to non-CIS up 9% in 8M - customs
MOSCOW. Oct 11 (Interfax) - Russian bituminous coal exports to non-CIS countries grew 9% year-on-year in January-August 2017 to 109.131 million tonnes, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.
Exports of coke and semi-coke to non-CIS rose 26.9% in 8M 2017 to 722,300 tonnes from 569,300 tonnes a year earlier.
Exports of bituminous coal to the CIS fell 12.3% to 6.05 million tonnes, down from 6.896 million tonnes in 8M 2016 while exports of coke and semi-coke jumped 1.7-fold to 1.278 million tonnes, up from 758,700 tonnes in January-August 2016.
In total 115.182 million tonnes of bituminous coal was exported in January-August worth over $8 billion and 2 million tonnes of coke and semi-coke worth $395 million.
Coal exports for January-August:
| Total | Non-CIS | CIS | ||||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | |
| Bituminous coal | 115 181,6 | 8 568,1 | 109 131,2 | 7 988,2 | 6 050,4 | 579,8 |
| Coke and semi-coke | 2 000,1 | 395,0 | 722,3 | 121,4 | 1 277,8 | 273,6 |
Bituminous coal imports came to 14.337 million tonnes ($264.4 million), with 14.311 million tonnes of this imported from the CIS, 12.8% more than in 8M 2016 with 12.688 million tonnes imported.
Coal imports for January-August:
| Total | Non-CIS | CIS | ||||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | |
| Bituminous coal | 14 336,5 | 294,4 | 25,6 | 3,5 | 14 310,9 | 290,9 |
Source: Federal Customs Service