In August this year, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 50.4 percent month on month to 305,509 mt, down 13.1 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports decreased by 54.5 percent to $134.05 million compared to the previous month and increased by 192.3 percent year on year.
In the January-August period of this year, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 10.3 percent to 3.23 million mt, while the revenue from these imports amounted to $1.3 billion, up 175.4 percent, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from Australia amounted to 1.44 million mt, while coking coal imports from the US totaled 854,153 mt.
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the given period:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-August 2022 |
January-August 2021 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
August 2022 |
August 2021 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
Australia |
1,439,675 |
1,958,895 |
-26.51 |
162,959 |
254,769 |
-36.04 |
USA |
854,153 |
733,889 |
16.39 |
69,217 |
78,115 |
-11.39 |
Canada |
423,454 |
470,298 |
-9.96 |
- |
- |
- |
Colombia |
278,658 |
179,447 |
55.29 |
61,310 |
- |
- |
Russia |
152,045 |
256,360 |
-40.69 |
12,023 |
18,602 |
-35.37 |
Turkey's main coking coal import sources on country basis in January-August are presented in the chart below:
