Indonesian coal exports drop 5% y-o-y in Jan-Apr’25

Indonesian coal exports decreased by 5% y-o-y in January-April 2025 to 115 million tonnes (mnt) compared with 121 mnt in the corresponding period of last year, as per provisional data with BigMint. The country exported 565 mnt of coal in CY’24, an increase of 8% from 524 mnt recorded in CY’23. Alongside the decline in imports by India and China, the top buyers of Indonesian thermal coal, Indonesian coal production fell by over 2% y-o-y in January-April, as per data.