Coal shipments exported from Australia rose by 8.27% in Oct’18 on a month-to-month basis, as per the vessel line-up data compiled by CoalMint Research.
Australian coal exports totaled 33.50 MnT in the month of Oct’18, against 30.94 MnT in Sep’18.
Moreover, on a year-on-year basis, Australia’s Oct’18 coal exports have increased by 10.64% in comparison to 30.28 MnT of exports in Oct’17.
Source: Vessel Line-up Data, CoalMint Research | Quantity in MnT
Major Coal Importers:
Japan remained the largest receiver of Australian coal in Oct’18, followed by China, South Korea and India — these four nations together accounted for more than three-fourths of Australia’s total coal shipments during the month under review.
Japanese coal import from Australia rose by 25% to 10.86 MnT in Oct’18, compared with 8.69 MnT in Sep’18.
Chinese coal import from Australia rose by 2.6% to 7.71 MnT in Oct’18, compared with 7.51 MnT in Sep’18.
South Korea replaced India to become the third-largest Australian coal importer during the month of Oct’18.
South Korean coal import from Australia rose by 20.1% to 4.08 MnT in Oct’18, compared with 3.40 MnT in Sep’18.
Indian coal import from Australia increased by 6.75% to 3.84 MnT in Oct’18, compared with 3.60 MnT in Sep’18.
Taiwanese coal import from Australia decreased by 10.2% to 2.77 MnT in Oct’18, compared with 3.08 MnT in Sep’18.
Source: CoalMint Research | Quantity in MnT
The following table provides a more detailed breakup of the importing countries.
| Country | Oct’18 | Sep’18 | Change |
| Japan | 10,855,757 | 8,685,845 | 24.98% |
| China | 7,706,237 | 7,512,297 | 2.58% |
| South Korea | 4,081,740 | 3,399,489 | 20.07% |
| India | 3,840,294 | 3,597,386 | 6.75% |
| Taiwan | 2,767,594 | 3,081,678 | -10.19% |
| Vietnam | 572,780 | 917,346 | -37.56% |
| Malaysia | 381,850 | 361,248 | 5.70% |
| Brazil | 302,500 | 238,598 | 26.78% |
| Indonesia | 262,330 | 543,153 | -51.70% |
| Netherlands | 233,089 | 552,150 | -57.79% |
| Thailand | 180,430 | 156,500 | 15.29% |
| Argentina | 170,000 | ||
| Turkey | 164,590 | 169,660 | -2.99% |
| South Africa | 149,000 | 230,550 | -35.37% |
| Poland | 139,000 | 85,000 | 63.53% |
| Hong Kong | 138,420 | 71,500 | 93.59% |
| Spain | 72,000 | 162,000 | -55.56% |
| Philippines | 71,020 | 71,500 | -0.67% |
| Russia | 60,000 | ||
| New Caledonia | 38,400 | 75,600 | -49.21% |
| Germany | 88,000 | ||
| Finland | 76,735 | ||
| Sweden | 75,000 | ||
| Sudan | 55,000 | ||
| Chile | 33,000 | ||
| Others | 1,313,713 | 702,711 | |
| GRAND TOTAL | 33,500,744 | 30,941,946 | 8.27% |
Source: CoalMint Research | Quantity in MT
Australia’s Major Coal Handling Ports in Oct’18:
Newcastle sustained its leadership position as the largest coal handling port of Australia in Oct’18; coal export shipments from the port rose by 18.1% M-o-M to 13.85 MnT in Oct’18, compared with 11.73 MnT in Sep’18.
Gladstone, DBCT, Hay Point and Abbot Point were the other major coal handling ports in Oct’18.
Source: CoalMint Research | Quantity in MnT
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