Date: 16 December 2019 ، the watch 18:52
News ID: 8025

South African Coal Exports Down 1.1% in 10M CY’19

--South African coal exports have witnessed slight decline during the first 10-months of CY’19 (Jan-Oct’19) noted at 64.68 MnT, as against 65.42 MnT in preceding year. Apparently, export volumes have been affected by a tight supply in the domestic market, with buyers offering higher prices than those on the seaborne market which have limited South African coal exposure to exports.
South African Coal Exports Down 1.1% in 10M CY’19

--South African coal export for India rose to 34.36 MnT in 10M CY’19 against preceding year by 15% Y-o-Y, followed by Pakistan, Vietnam & UAE accounted for 9.83 MnT, 2.22 MnT & 1.19 MnT respectively.

--Import volume for Netherland accounted 0.85 MnT (down – 73.1%), South Korea 3.08 MnT (down – 48.9%), Sri Lanka 1.21 MnT (down – 1.7%) & Mozambique 1.26 MnT (down – 55.1%).

source: SteelMint