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US May coal exports up marginally on month, led by bituminous coal

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US coal exports totaled 6.6 million mt in May, up 0.1% from April and up 72.1% from the year-ago month, US Census data showed Thursday.

For the year, US coal exports totaled 33.4 million mt, up 60.3% compared with the same period last year.

May met coal exports totaled 4.14 million mt, down 1% from April and up 39.3% from the year-ago month. Year-to-date met coal exports totaled 19.36 million mt, up 27.1% from the same period last year.

Top met coal export destinations in May were Brazil, which imported 563,876 mt, compared with 410,510 mt in the year-ago month; Canada, which imported 410,345 mt, compared with 279,181 mt last year; and Turkey, which imported 308,159 mt, compared with 301,924 mt last year.

Bituminous coal exports in May totaled 1.82 million mt, up 16.9% from April and up 200% from last year. Year-to-date bituminous coal exports totaled 10.97 million mt, up 146.4% from the year-ago period.

Top bituminous coal export destinations in May were India, which imported 403,956 mt, compared with 93,140 mt in the year-ago month; the Netherlands, which imported 300,947 mt, compared with 214,776 mt last year; and South Korea, which imported 190,654 mt, compared with a trivial amount last year.

Subbituminous coal exports from the US totaled 573,416 mt in May, down 24.1% from the prior month and up 328% from the year-ago month. For the year, subbituminous coal exports totaled 2.84 million mt, up 270% from the year-ago period.

The top importer of US subbituminous coal in May was South Korea, which shipped 301,746 mt, compared with zero in the year-ago month; Mexico, which imported 194,490 mt, up from 134,000 mt in the year-ago month; and Spain, which imported 77,000 mt, compared with zero tons last year.
 
 
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