Colombian coal exports rise over 35% m-o-m in May’24

  • Colombia’s coal (coking, non-coking & met coke) exports rose by 38% m-o-m to 5.4 mnt in May’24 compared to 3.9 mnt in Apr, as per customs data maintained with BigMint.
  • South Korea emerged as the major importer (800,000 t) followed by China (400,000 t).
  • Cumulative export volumes (Jan-May’24) increased by 23% y-o-y to 22.6 mnt compared to 18.3 mnt in the year-ago period.