In November last year, Turkey's coking coal imports increased by 9.3 percent month on month to 562,579 mt, rising by 6.77 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports was $59.4 million, up 20 percent compared to October and 14.17 percent year on year.
In the first 11 months, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 4.8 percent to 4.75 million mt, while the value of these imports decreased by 19.17 percent to $436.3 million, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from Australia amounted to 2,206,279 mt, while coking coal imports from the US totaled 1,174,908 mt.
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the January-November period of last year:
Country | Amount (mt) | |||||
Jan-Nov 2016 | Jan-Nov 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | November 2016 | November 2015 | Y-o-y change (%) | |
Australia | 2,206,279 | 2,148,481 | 2,69 | 168,230 | 263,495 | -36.15 |
USA | 1,174,908 | 504,464 | 132,90 | 161,605 | - | - |
Canada | 987,314 | 1,776,665 | -44,43 | 114,032 | 249,570 | -54.31 |
Colombia | 171,715 | 190,032 | -9,64 | 71,938 | 13,809 | 420.95 |
Turkey's main coking coal import sources on country basis in the first 11 months of last year are presented in the chart below:
