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  • China: Coal imports rise more than 40%, m-o-m, in April

    China: Coal imports rise more than 40%, m-o-m, in April

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    Rituparna Ghosh
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    With increasing coal consumption during the summer season, China’s coal imports rose sharply by 43% m-o-m to 23.54 mnt in Apr’22, customs data shows. The rise in imports was due to power utilities focussing on building stockpiles. Despite record coal output in Jan-Mar’22, state planner NDRC has recently withdrawn import tariff on all types of…