The increase was driven particularly by coking coal, whose imports almost doubled to 1.32 MT, from 0.68 MT. Steam coal shipments also strengthened, rising 20.3% to 2.48 MT from 2.06 MT.
Indonesia remained the dominant steam-coal supplier, accounting for 1.93 MT, followed by South Africa at 0.32 MT and the US at 0.23 MT. In coking coal, Australia led with 645,431 tonnes, followed by Russia at 278,664 tonnes and the US at 193,591 tonnes.
