TABLE-S.Korea's Jan coal imports up 4.73 pct y/y

SEOUL, Feb 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's imports of coal rose 4.73 percent in January from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday.

The total coal imports are composed of steam coal for power generation and coking coal for steel production.

Details of the total imports in January are as follow (in tonnes/ in $/T)

                                  Jan 2016              Jan 2015  
    Australia           4,291,178/ $ 63.01    4,450,598/ $ 90.22  
    Indonesia           2,824,269/ $ 43.93    2,521,390/ $ 58.29  
    Russia              1,859,604/ $ 62.64    1,811,170/ $ 79.04  
    Canada                889,653/ $ 88.28      905,969/ $105.01  
    U.S.                  267,463/ $ 99.10      302,802/ $127.25  
    China                 257,086/ $ 83.96       87,430/ $106.84  
    South Africa          164,978/ $ 58.49                     -  
    Colombia                1,556/ $228.79                     -  
    ------------------------------------------------------------  
    TOTAL               10,555,787/ $61.35   10,079,359/ $ 82.81  
      
    Of the total imports, details of the steam coal imports last  

month are as follow

                                  Jan 2016              Jan 2015  
    Australia           2,981,433/ $ 55.41    2,754,947/ $ 80.44  
    Indonesia           2,774,769/ $ 43.34    2,471,890/ $ 57.54  
    Russia              1,444,461/ $ 59.43    1,597,115/ $ 76.05  
    South Africa          164,978/ $ 59.43                     -  
    Canada                151,201/ $ 58.23      320,371/ $ 65.86  
    China                 144,287/ $ 75.05      66,220/  $103.28  
    ------------------------------------------------------------  
    TOTAL               7,661,129/ $ 52.29    7,210,543/ $ 71.18                


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