In July this year, Turkey's coking coal imports increased by 184.6 percent month on month to 640,877 mt, up 18.9 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports decreased by 67.5 percent to $110.3 million compared to the previous month and rising by 126 percent year on year.
In the first seven months of the current year, Turkey's coking coal imports increased by 2.95 percent to 3.24 million mt, while the revenue from these imports amounted to $602.6 million, up 116.5 percent, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from the US amounted to 1,220,624 mt, while coking coal imports from Australia totaled 1,059,859 mt.
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the January-July period of this year:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
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Jan-Jul 2017 |
Jan-Jul 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
July 2017 |
July 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
USA |
1,220,624 |
802,774 |
52.05 |
216,334 |
277,384 |
-22.01 |
Australia |
1,059,859 |
1,404,456 |
-24.54 |
329,773 |
261,567 |
26.08 |
Colombia |
326,022 |
46,754 |
597.31 |
60,392 |
- |
- |
Russia |
160,589 |
112,783 |
42.39 |
34,377 |
- |
- |
Turkey's main coking coal import sources on country basis in the January-July period of this year are presented in the chart below:
