In July this year, Turkey's coking coal imports totaled 583,952 mt, rising by 269 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and up 44.6 percent month on month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports was $44.2 million, up 33.5 percent compared to June and rising by 139 percent year on year.
In the first seven months, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 10.8 percent to 3.14 million mt, while the value of these imports decreased by 14.5 percent to $278.3 million, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from Australia amounted to 1,404,457 mt, while coking coal imports from US totaled 802,774 mt.
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the January-July period of this year:
Country | Amount (mt) | |||||
Jan-Jul 2016 | Jan-Jul 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | July 2016 | July 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | |
Australia | 1,404,457 | 832,929 | 68.62 | 261,567 | 158,150 | 65.39 |
USA | 802,774 | 1,283,415 | -37.45 | 277,384 | - | - |
Canada | 723,987 | 333,378 | 117.17 | - | - | - |
Russia | 112,814 | 129,480 | -12.87 | - | - | - |
Turkey's main coking coal import destinations on country basis in the first seven months of the current year are presented in the chart below:
