Bangladesh: Thermal coal imports rise over 30% m-o-m in May’24

  • Bangladesh’s thermal coal imports rose by 33% m-o-m to 1.2 mnt in May’24 compared to 0.9 mnt in Apr, as per Customs data maintained with BigMint.
  • Indonesia emerged as the major exporter with 1.22 mnt.
  • Cumulative export volumes (Jan-May’24) increased by 31% y-o-y to 5.1 mnt as compared to 3.9 mnt in the year-ago period.