Turkey's coking coal imports up 40.7 percent in January-February

Thursday, 27 April 2017 11:25:49 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

In February this year, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 2.3 percent month on month to 529,492 mt, up by four percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports increased by 1.6 percent to $111.77 million compared to the previous month and was up 120.6 percent year on year.


 
In the first two months of the current year, Turkey's coking coal imports increased by 40.7 percent to 1.07 million mt, while the revenue from these imports amounted to $221.82 million, up 201.2 percent, both year on year.
 
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from the US amounted to 423,285 mt, while coking coal imports from Australia totaled 321,436 mt.
 
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the January-February period of this year:

 

Country

Amount (mt)

Jan-Feb 2017

Jan-Feb 2016

Y-o-y change (%)

February 2017

February 2016

Y-o-y change (%)

USA

423,285

77,025

449.54

246,394

77,025

219.89

Australia

321,436

192,845

66.68

153,074

112,096

36.56

Canada

134,289

425,020

-68.40

-

263,723

-

Indonesia

72,805

56,170

29.62

-

56,170

-

Turkey's main coking coal import sources on country basis in the January-February period of this year are presented in the chart below:


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