In January-March this year, Russia increased its coking coal exports by 2.4 times compared to the same period last year to 3.5 million mt, with the share of coking coal exports in Russia's total coal export volume growing from 7.3 to 11.8 percent.
In Q1 2010, the main buyer of Russia's coking coal was Ukraine, to which was exported 1.19 million mt, exceeding the volume from the same period last year by three times.