In the January-May period this year, China imported 148.711 million mt of coal and lignite, up 16.8 percent year on year, 10.1 percentage points slower than the rise recorded in the first four months of the year, as announced by the Chinese customs authorities on June 7.
In May alone, China imported 22.057 million mt of coal and lignite, down 28.7 percent month on month.