In October this year, Turkey’s coking coal imports declined by 9.5 percent month on month and rose by 38.9 percent year on year to 526,077 mt, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). Meanwhile, the value of these imports dropped by 27.3 percent to $136.79 million compared to the previous month and increased by 36.9 percent year on year.
In the January-October period of this year, Turkey’s coking coal imports decreased by 1.6 percent to 4.34 million mt, while the revenue from these imports amounted to $1.63 billion, up 153.1 percent, both year on year.
In the given period, Turkey’s coking coal imports from Australia amounted to 1.94 million mt, while coking coal imports from the US totaled 1.38 million mt.
Turkey’s coking coal import sources in the given period:
|
Country |
Amount (mt) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
January-October 2022 |
January-October 2021 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
October 2022 |
October 2021 |
Y-o-y change (%) |
|
Australia |
1,936,184 |
2,546,548 |
-24.0 |
169,562 |
274,112 |
-38.1 |
|
USA |
1,376,303 |
826,938 |
+66.4 |
297,349 |
93,048 |
- |
|
Canada |
423,454 |
567,700 |
-25.4 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Colombia |
278,658 |
179,447 |
+55.3 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Russia |
235,342 |
286,426 |
-17.8 |
59,166 |
11,529 |
- |
Turkey’s main coking coal import sources on country basis in January-October are presented in the chart below:
