China’s coking coal imports up 50 percent in Q1

In March this year, China imported 6.43 million mt of coking coal, up 45.1 percent month on month and increasing by 26.3 percent year on year. In the January-March period, China’s imports of coking coal totaled 17.11 million mt, rising by 50 percent year on year, as announced by the Chinese customs authorities.