In November last year, Turkey's coking coal imports increased by 80.3 percent month on month to 719,301 mt, up 27.85 percent year on year, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports increased by 103.2 percent to $115.2 million compared to the previous month and rising by 93.9 percent year on year.
In the January-November period of last year, Turkey's coking coal imports increased by 8.7 percent to 5.17 million mt, while the revenue from these imports amounted to $897.2 million, up 105.6 percent, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey's coking coal imports from the US amounted to 2,045,932 mt, while coking coal imports from Australia totaled 1,318,067 mt.
Turkey's coking coal import sources in the January-November period of last year:
Country |
Amount (mt) |
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Jan-Nov 2017 |
Jan-Nov 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
November 2017 |
November 2016 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
USA |
2,045,932 |
987,313 |
107.22 |
274,891 |
114,032 |
141.06 |
Australia |
1,318,067 |
2,206,278 |
-40.26 |
88,008 |
168,230 |
-47.69 |
Canada |
621,202 |
1,174,907 |
-47.13 |
165,755 |
161,605 |
2.57 |
Colombia |
605,662 |
171,714 |
252.72 |
172,628 |
71,938 |
139.97 |
Russia |
241,274 |
159,556 |
51.22 |
18,017 |
46,772 |
-61.48 |
Turkey's main coking coal import sources on country basis in the January-November period of 2017 are presented in the chart below:
