In April this year, Turkey's coking coal imports totaled 318,547 mt, falling by 52.6 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and down 45.3 percent month on month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports was $27.5 million, down 44.4 percent compared to March and falling by 64.4 percent year on year.
In the first four months, Turkey's coking coal imports increased by three percent to 1.66 million mt, while the value of these imports decreased by 20.4 percent to $150.77 million, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from Australia amounted to 870,460 mt, while coking coal imports from Canada totaled 425,020 mt.
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the January-April period of this year:
Country | Amount (mt) | |||||
January- April 2016 | January- April 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | April 2016 | April 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | |
Australia | 870,460 | 357,284 | 143.63 | 231,316 | 268,549 | -13.86 |
Canada | 425,020 | 165,282 | 157.15 | - | - | - |
USA | 227,872 | 915,717 | -75.12 | 77,008 | 340,608 | -77.39 |
Russia | 81,738 | 80,841 | 1.11 | 10,222 | 19,838 | -48.47 |
Turkey's main coking coal import destinations on country basis in the first four months of the current year are presented in the chart below:
