Global Non-coking Coal Demand in 2022 (Importing Countries)

As per provisional data maintained with CoalMint, total imports of non-coking or thermal coal stood at 980 million tonnes (mnt). China, India, Japan and South Korea were the leading buyers of seaborne thermal coal. China’s imports decreased by 18% to around 215 mnt, while India imported over 160 mnt in the year gone by – almost 15% higher y-o-y.