Vietnamese Coal Imports Extend Gain

Coal

Vietnamese coal imports climbed by 1.1 Mt year-on-year to 3.3 Mt in February, data gathered by IHS show. Receipts of Australian coal more than doubled on the year to 1.1 Mt last month, while imports of Indonesian supplies gained by 0.3 Mt to 1.2 Mt.

Overall coal imports were almost flat to January — bringing January-February arrivals to 6.7 Mt, growing from 5.3 Mt in the first two-months of 2019.