SEOUL, June 17 (Reuters) - South Korea's May coal imports rose by 6.4% from a year earlier to 10.58 million tonnes, according to customs data released on Saturday.
Total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.
Details of total imports in May are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
May 2019
May 2018 Australia
4,031,348/ $124.66
2,699,861/ $136.95 Russia
2,553,104/ $ 97.84
2,050,155/ $113.20 Indonesia
1,742,511/ $ 62.91
2,113,542/ $ 69.06 Canada
753,469/ $154.25
1,182,677/ $110.70 Colombia
734,586/ $101.58
541,475/ $ 97.62 United States
333,978/ $182.22
168,006/ $209.98 South Africa
288,595/ $ 86.26
818,772/ $ 99.27 Mozambique
77,000/ $225.43
152,776/ $217.55 China
65,175/ $155.34
159,115/ $153.35 Mongolia
19/ $315.79
- Mexico
-
60,000/ $114.00 Philippines
-
113/ $461.81
TOTAL
10,579,784/ $110.22
9,946,491/ $111.87
Details of the January-May imports are as follows:
(in tonnes/ in $/T)
January-May 2019
January-May 2018 Australia
20,243,472/ $121.92
16,799,182/ $132.92 Indonesia
12,962,198/ $ 60.65
13,412,554/ $ 69.21 Russia
8,852,379/ $107.24
10,224,850/ $113.21 Canada
4,593,831/ $151.52
5,399,957/ $139.14 Colombia
1,768,457/ $105.40
2,072,918/ $101.42 South Africa
1,647,727/ $ 96.14
4,481,826/ $ 99.54 United States
1,157,848/ $180.83
1,791,984/ $154.98 China
529,954/ $167.05
594,329/ $148.17 Latvia
321,521/ $107.60
- Mozambique
250,682/ $218.81
303,456/ $225.27 New Zealand
64,698/ $159.22
131,752/ $148.92 Switzerland
24,200/ $155.04
22,600/ $151.81 Mongolia
19/ $315.79
- Mexico
-
201,211/ $115.10 Singapore
-
150,898/ $106.62 India
-
57,900/ $ 72.45 Belgium
-
1,553/ $282.72 Philippines
-
153/ $380.08
TOTAL
52,416,986/ $107.71
55,647,122/ $111.91
Of the total imports, details of steam coal imports last month are as follows:
(In tonnes / in $/T)
May 2019
May 2018 Australia
2,566,970/ $ 91.65
1,529,656/ $100.54 Russia
1,881,114/ $ 80.91
1,515,014/ $ 96.41 Indonesia
1,742,511/ $ 62.91
2,113,542/ $ 69.06 Colombia
734,070/ $101.45
539,929/ $ 97.09 Canada
294,909/ $ 78.32
941,231/ $ 79.52 South Africa
288,595/ $ 86.26
818,772/ $ 99.27 China
41,120/ $118.36
75,996/ $ 93.64 Mexico
-
60,000/ $114.00
TOTAL
7,549,289/ $ 82.71
7,594,140/ $ 88.00