China’s Coal Imports

Coal

Detailed Chinese coal import data for August showed that steam coal (including anthracite) reached a year-to-date high of 12.5 Mt, although this was still down by 1.0 Mt year-on-year. Lignite imports showed an annual rise of 0.6 Mt to a three-month high of 7.2 Mt in August, but coking coal imports of 5.6 Mt were almost identical to July and down by 0.9 Mt year-on-year.