Turkey's coking coal imports up 6.82 percent in Jan-Nov

According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in November last year Turkey's coking coal imports totaled 368,628 mt, up by 15.83 percent year on year and up 67.22 percent on month-on-month basis. Meanwhile, the value of these imports was $53.58 million, down by 0.12 percent year on year and up 68.79 percent month on month. In November, all of Turkey's coking coal imports were supplied by the US. 
 
In the first 11 months of 2013, Turkey's coking coal imports totaled 4.49 million metric tons, increasing by 6.82 percent, while the value of these imports totaled $716.83 million, decreasing by 22.07 percent, both year on year.
 
In the January-November period of last year, Turkey's coking coal imports from the US increased by 32.91 percent to 2.94 million mt, imports from Australia decreased by 25.29 percent to 905,363 mt and imports from Canada decreased by 31.26 percent to 338,707 mt, all compared with the same period of the previous year.
 
Turkey's coking coal import sources in January-November period of the last year: