In September this year, Turkey's coking coal imports totaled 285,948 mt, falling by 60 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports was $26 million, down 62.6 percent year on year.
In the first nine months, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 8.5 percent to 3.67 million mt, while the value of these imports decreased by 26 percent to $327.3 million, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from Australia amounted to 1,758,101 mt, while coking coal imports from the US totaled 873,281 mt.
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the January-September period of this year:
Country | Amount (mt) | |||||
Jan-Sept 2016 | Jan-Sept 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | September 2016 | September 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | |
Australia | 1,758,101 | 1,560,341 | 12.67 | 178,321 | 408,596 | -56.36 |
USA | 873,281 | 1,414,336 | -38.26 | - | 130,921 | - |
Canada | 778,591 | 504,464 | 54.34 | 54,604 | 171,087 | -68.08 |
Russia | 112,784 | 129,480 | -12.89 | - | - | - |
Turkey's main coking coal import destinations on country basis in the first nine months of the current year are presented in the chart below:
