Japan monthly coal imports rose by 13% in Jul’16. Besides, yearly imports has fallen by 9% as compared to Jul’15.
Japan, the world’s third largest coal importer, has imported 16.84 MnT, coal in Jul’16, hit the highest of the fiscal (Since Apr’16). The country’s imports surged by 13% on monthly basis. While, yearly imports fell by 9% which was at 18.6 MnT in Jul’15. As per to Japan’s customs data.
In the month of Jul’16, out of the total imports, the country imported 11 MnT Bituminous coal, 4 MnT coking and about 0.69 MnT coke & anthracite.
| Grade | Jul’16 | Jun’16 | % Change |
| Bitunminous Coal | 11.03 | 9.52 | 16% |
| Coking coal | 3.80 | 3.41 | 11% |
| Coke and semi-coke | 0.20 | 0.22 | -6% |
| Anthracite | 0.49 | 0.39 | 28% |
| Petroleum coke | 0.03 | 0.03 | -4% |
| Others | 1.28 | 1.38 | -7% |
| Grand Total | 16.84 | 14.94 | 13% |
Source: Japan Custom
Quantity in MnT
In the first 4 months of FY17 (Apr’16-Jul’16), the coal imports is down by 4% to 61.4 MnT, compared with the same period in FY16.
Major exporting countries in Jul’16
Australia was the largest supplier to Japan in Jul’16, shipped about 10.5 MnT coal with a remarkable rise by 16% compared with Jun’16, followed by Indonesian with 2.42 MnT, Russia with 1.58 MnT and USA with 0.85 MnT coal.
Moreover, Australia caters more than 60% share of the total coal imports of Japan. Also recorded as top supplier and shipped about 37.92 MnT coal over Apr’16-Jul’16.
Quantity in MnT
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