In September this year, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 31.8 percent month on month to 374,143 mt, down 23.1 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports decreased by 34.6 percent to $38.22 million compared to the previous month and decreased by 52.2 percent year on year.
In the January-September period, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 2.6 percent to 4.05 million mt, while the revenue from these imports amounted to $485.06 million, down 37.9 percent, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from the US amounted to 2,086,424 mt, while coking coal imports from Canada totaled 707,960 mt.
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the January-September period :
Country |
Amount (mt) |
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January-September 2020 |
January-September 2019 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
September 2020 |
September 2019 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
US |
2,086,424 |
866,325 |
140.84 |
69,112 |
238,794 |
-71.06 |
Canada |
707,960 |
587,371 |
20.53 |
165,451 |
- |
- |
Russia |
481,141 |
367,876 |
30.79 |
59,222 |
93,564 |
-36.70 |
Australia |
408,868 |
2,075,657 |
-80.30 |
80,358 |
79,511 |
1.07 |
Colombia |
293,256 |
264,078 |
11.05 |
- |
74,655 |
- |
Turkey's main coking coal import sources on country basis in the January-September period are presented in the chart below:
