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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