In May this year, Turkey’s coking coal imports rose 10.7% month-on-month to 287,234 tons, down 57.6% year-on-year, according to data provided by the Institute. Turkish Statistics (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports rose 2.4% to $105.64 million from the previous month and fell 1.7% year-on-year.
During the January-May period of this year, Turkey’s coking coal imports decreased by 18.3% to 2.09 million tons, while the revenue from these imports amounted to 761.31 million, up 126.1%, both year-on-year.
During the review period, Turkey’s coking coal imports from Australia amounted to 866,689 tonnes, while coking coal imports from the United States totaled 636,900 tonnes.
Turkey’s coking coal import sources during the period:
|
Country |
Amount (tons) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-May 2022 |
January-May 2021 |
Annual change (%) |
May 2022 |
May 2021 |
Annual change (%) |
|
Australia |
866 689 |
1,142,873 |
-24.17 |
– |
247,562 |
– |
|
UNITED STATES |
636,900 |
567 778 |
12.17 |
281 485 |
88,017 |
219.81 |
|
Canada |
247,673 |
470 298 |
-47.34 |
– |
257 195 |
– |
|
Colombia |
152,397 |
179,447 |
-15.07 |
– |
59,073 |
– |
|
Russia |
109,747 |
202 702 |
-45.86 |
5,749 |
25,832 |
-77.74 |
Turkey’s main coking coal import sources by country in January-May are shown in the table below:
