Australian Non-coking coal exports have increased 4% on the monthly basis to 14.58 MnT in May’17 against 14.04 MnT in Apr’17, according to the vessel line-up data maintained by CoalMint research.
Australian coal supply was disrupted in late March due to the Debbie cyclone which had hit Queensland region of the country. Major Non-Coking ports were not affected; however, supply disruption had caused thermal coal price index to rise during that period.
After the coal supply was regularised, thermal coal prices fell down subsequently, causing a slight rise in Non-coking coal exports in May’17.
Australia has exported 68.64 MnT Non-coking coal during Jan’17-May’17.
Major Non-Coking Coal Importers:
Japan remained major Non-coking coal importer from Australia followed by China, Taiwan, Korea and Thailand.
Coal import from Japan increased 35% M-o-M to 6.64 MnT in May’17. The country had imported 4.94 MnT coal in Apr’17.
China was the second-largest coal importer in May’17. The country received 2.43 MnT coal during the month, however, monthly imports were down by 18% compared with 2.98 MnT in Apr’17.
Taiwan, third-largest Non-coking coal importer also recorded a decline in their monthly coal imports. The country received 1.76 MnT coal in May’17 against 2.31 MnT in Apr’17.
Major Coal Exporting Ports:
Australian Non-coking coal is exported through two major ports namely- Newcastle and Port Kemble.
During May’17, Newcastle port handled 14.25 MnT coal whereas port Kemble handled the remaining quantity of 0.33 MnT.
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