In November last year, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 7.8 percent month on month to 407,252 mt, down 42.5 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports decreased by 7.9 percent to $43.95 million compared to the previous month and decreased by 63.6 percent year on year.
In the January-November period, Turkey's coking coal imports decreased by 5.0 percent to 4.90 million mt, while the revenue from these imports amounted to $576.72 million, down 39.1 percent, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from the US amounted to 2.39 million mt, while coking coal imports from Canada totaled 871,275 mt.
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the January-November period :
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-November 2020 |
January-November 2019 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
November 2020 |
November 2019 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
US |
2,386,668 |
1,150,020 |
107.53 |
133,337 |
167,218 |
-20.26 |
|
Canada |
871,275 |
754,290 |
15.51 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Australia |
749,098 |
2,570,301 |
-70.86 |
252,227 |
494,645 |
-49.01 |
|
Russia |
526,449 |
423,967 |
24.17 |
21,688 |
46,924 |
-53.78 |
|
Colombia |
293,256 |
264,078 |
11.05 |
- |
- |
- |
Turkey's main coking coal import sources on country basis in the January-November period are presented in the chart below:
