China's General Administration of Customs has released the country's imports of main coal varieties in July 2012. Total imports, including lignite, reached 24.27 million tonnes in July 2012, declining by 10.7% MoM, but up by 14.2% YoY.

Of the total, thermal coal covered 9.98 million tonnes, climbing 16.7% MoM and skyrocketing 94.6% YoY; coking coal 3.93 million tonnes, slumping 39.4% MoM and down by 3.2% YoY; lignite 4.05 million tonnes, down by 13.1% MoM but up by 9.4% YoY and anthracite 2.43 million tonnes, down by 25.9% MoM and by 33.2% YoY.

In the January to July 2012 period, China imported 164.12 million tonnes coal, surging by 55.5% YoY, with 53.62 million tonnes of thermal coal, 31.57 million tonnes of coking coal, 31.00 million tonnes of lignite and 21.39 million tonnes of anthracite, up 155.9% YoY, 36% YoY, 73.8% YoY and 4.0% YoY, respectively.

Source - www.sxcoal.com

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Logistics/Steam Coal/China