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China's Oct coking coal import up 3.5% YoY

sxcoal.com Import & Export,  Coking Coal,  Anthracite 2020-11-25 17:19:31

China's coking coal imports in October rose 3.5% from the year-ago level, according to General Administration of Customs (GAC) on November 25.


The imports of coking coal totaled 5.9 million tonnes in October, 820,000 tonnes or 12.2% lower than the preceding month, official data showed.



The import value fell 21.2% year on year to $550.78 million in October. This translated to an average import price of $93.35/t, up $3.19/t from September but down $29.21/t year on year.


In the first ten months, the country's coking coal imports totaled 65.28 million tonnes, falling 2% year on year. The value dropped 17% on the year to $7.77 billion.


In October, China imported 430,000 tonnes of anthracite, up 26.3% from a year ago and 90,000 tonnes or 26.47% from September.



The value rose 9.1% to $34.41 million in October. The average import price rose $5.47/t from September to $80.02/t, which also dropped $12.71/t year on year.


January-October imports of anthracite declined 15.6% from the year prior to 5.58 million tonnes, with value down 34.2% to $481.6 million.


(Writing by Rebecca Liu  Editing by Tammy Yang)
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