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Table 36. Coal Exports by Country of Destination, 1960-2022

(Thousand Short Tons)

Europe

Year Canada Brazil Belgium1 Denmark France Germany2Italy Netherlands Spain Turkey

United

Kingdom Other3 Total Japan Other3 Total

1960 12,843 1,067 1,116 130 794 4,566 4,899 2,837 331 - - 2,440 17,113 5,617 1,341 37,981

1961 12,135 994 971 80 708 4,326 4,797 2,552 228 - - 2,026 15,688 6,614 974 36,405

1962 12,302 1,327 1,289 38 851 5,056 5,978 3,320 766 - 2 1,848 19,148 6,465 973 40,215

1963 14,557 1,161 2,651 41 2,726 5,560 7,872 5,000 1,500 - - 2,372 27,722 6,057 938 50,435

1964 14,824 1,103 2,325 18 2,216 5,162 8,068 4,187 1,426 - - 2,552 25,954 6,526 1,137 49,544

1965 16,304 1,213 2,246 6 2,099 4,730 8,970 3,374 1,406 - 7 2,252 25,090 7,491 934 51,032

1966 16,453 1,745 1,841 2 1,582 4,894 7,837 3,165 1,204 - 1 2,525 23,051 7,793 1,026 50,068

1967 15,757 1,736 1,422 - 2,132 4,694 5,860 2,227 1,012 - - 2,072 19,419 12,224 987 50,123

1968 17,149 1,789 1,053 - 1,460 3,785 4,312 1,491 1,480 - - 1,883 15,464 15,824 929 51,155

1969 17,261 1,847 943 - 2,254 3,493 3,720 1,645 1,825 - - 1,330 15,210 21,367 1,176 56,861

1970 19,111 2,021 1,881 - 3,574 5,030 4,266 2,113 3,153 - 3 1,786 21,806 27,636 1,159 71,733

1971 18,031 1,873 765 - 3,207 2,937 2,680 1,627 2,556 - 1,669 1,127 16,568 19,717 1,115 57,304

1972 18,661 1,920 1,144 - 1,730 2,399 3,705 2,289 2,139 - 2,381 1,099 16,886 18,038 1,235 56,740

1973 16,709 1,647 1,205 - 1,971 1,633 3,322 1,820 2,234 - 941 1,310 14,436 19,190 1,605 53,587

1974 14,187 1,294 1,109 - 2,676 1,484 3,922 2,556 2,017 - 1,405 886 16,055 27,346 1,779 60,661

1975 17,279 2,008 627 - 3,622 1,989 4,504 2,110 2,691 - 1,889 1,609 19,041 25,423 2,558 66,309

1976 16,942 2,242 2,202 34 3,532 1,000 4,211 3,507 2,513 - 843 2,072 19,914 18,803 2,120 60,021

1977 17,692 2,283 1,516 99 2,106 889 4,149 1,962 1,570 - 607 2,077 14,975 15,862 3,500 54,312

1978 15,657 1,492 1,054 - 1,660 617 3,227 1,082 758 - 398 2,188 10,984 10,087 2,494 40,714

1979 19,513 2,829 3,204 163 3,866 2,556 4,985 2,011 1,351 - 1,351 4,442 23,929 15,681 4,090 66,042

1980 17,473 3,265 4,633 1,650 7,789 2,530 7,131 4,657 3,409 - 4,140 6,009 41,948 23,069 5,987 91,742

1981 18,238 2,727 4,254 3,879 9,745 4,308 10,473 6,820 6,381 569 2,341 8,243 57,013 25,856 8,707 112,541

1982 18,564 3,130 4,761 2,809 8,985 2,336 11,279 5,934 5,582 1,564 2,017 6,013 51,280 25,768 7,535 106,277

1983 17,151 3,572 2,544 1,740 4,201 1,488 8,057 4,162 3,257 1,628 1,237 4,748 33,062 17,865 6,122 77,772

1984 20,444 4,706 3,902 614 3,791 913 7,624 5,483 2,306 1,472 2,853 3,853 32,811 16,325 7,197 81,483

1985 16,393 5,862 4,427 2,159 4,481 1,078 10,252 6,327 3,456 2,196 2,676 8,054 45,106 15,372 9,947 92,680

1986 14,478 5,720 4,362 2,123 5,389 810 10,359 5,631 2,620 2,418 2,907 5,933 42,552 11,370 11,398 85,518

1987 16,227 5,830 4,578 934 2,886 477 9,537 4,093 2,454 772 2,589 5,839 34,159 11,082 12,309 79,607

1988 19,232 5,252 6,490 2,804 4,302 702 11,070 5,086 2,542 2,023 3,671 6,448 45,138 14,122 11,279 95,023

1989 16,777 5,681 7,094 3,178 6,517 745 11,240 6,076 3,339 1,686 4,513 7,216 51,604 13,846 12,907 100,815

1990 15,511 5,847 8,500 3,188 6,879 1,057 11,947 8,369 3,791 2,117 5,177 7,357 58,382 13,338 12,726 105,804

1991 11,178 7,052 7,464 4,658 9,509 1,742 11,274 9,625 4,694 2,186 6,171 8,197 65,520 12,269 12,950 108,969

1992 15,140 6,370 7,196 3,832 8,060 1,003 9,344 9,148 4,535 1,990 5,595 6,551 57,254 12,304 11,448 102,516

1993 8,889 5,197 5,229 336 3,972 508 6,918 5,562 4,064 1,605 4,111 5,270 37,575 11,878 10,980 74,519

1994 9,193 5,482 4,911 477 2,875 323 7,543 4,874 4,132 1,335 3,363 5,994 35,827 10,158 10,699 71,359

1995 9,427 6,351 4,501 2,100 3,659 1,953 9,063 7,301 4,653 2,011 4,726 8,653 48,620 11,787 12,362 88,547

1996 12,029 6,540 4,569 1,316 3,852 1,055 9,204 7,058 4,093 2,167 6,196 7,682 47,192 10,529 14,183 90,473

1997 14,975 7,455 4,319 350 3,398 870 7,019 4,825 4,134 2,092 7,185 7,139 41,331 7,974 11,810 83,545

1998 20,654 6,475 3,195 274 3,192 1,247 5,317 4,516 3,156 1,592 5,947 5,337 33,773 7,734 9,412 78,048

1999 19,826 4,442 2,073 - 2,522 573 4,014 3,432 2,472 795 3,162 3,466 22,509 4,953 6,746 58,476

2000 18,769 4,536 2,890 77 3,044 976 3,711 2,623 2,686 1,809 3,294 3,859 24,969 4,446 5,769 58,489
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Europe

Year Canada Brazil Belgium1 Denmark France Germany2Italy Netherlands Spain Turkey

United

Kingdom Other3 Total Japan Other3 Total

2001 17,633 4,574 2,770 - 2,235 913 5,408 2,123 1,645 887 2,471 2,368 20,821 2,070 3,568 48,666

2002 16,686 3,538 2,371 - 1,305 958 3,077 1,650 1,914 580 1,902 1,816 15,574 1,253 2,550 39,601

2003 20,760 3,514 1,816 288 1,278 535 2,826 1,993 1,771 1,097 1,480 2,064 15,148 6 3,586 43,014

2004 17,760 4,361 1,743 74 1,103 642 2,105 2,471 1,529 1,271 1,986 2,286 15,211 4,426 6,240 47,998

2005 19,466 4,199 2,079 73 1,261 669 2,455 2,623 1,863 1,888 1,777 4,136 18,825 2,081 5,371 49,942

2006 19,889 4,534 2,166 383 1,625 1,650 3,283 2,091 1,632 1,226 2,565 4,183 20,805 332 4,087 49,647

2007 18,389 6,512 2,109 80 2,384 2,321 3,544 4,553 1,483 1,447 3,361 5,837 27,119 5 7,138 59,163

2008 22,979 6,380 3,081 385 3,469 2,531 3,197 7,004 2,383 1,915 5,763 10,577 40,306 1,733 10,122 81,519

2009 10,599 7,416 2,690 321 3,364 2,457 2,343 5,878 1,744 1,428 4,589 5,261 30,073 907 10,102 59,097

2010 11,400 7,925 2,283 80 3,165 2,663 3,308 7,306 1,947 2,532 4,391 10,532 38,208 3,164 21,019 81,716

2011 6,845 8,680 3,072 161 4,042 4,761 5,589 10,785 1,795 2,945 6,927 13,864 53,942 6,923 44,733 107,259

2012 7,211 7,954 2,650 - 4,120 5,260 8,540 13,542 2,182 5,333 12,083 12,688 66,399 5,699 51,171 125,746

2013 7,110 8,610 2,007 - 4,109 5,475 6,594 12,709 1,579 4,984 13,511 9,787 60,755 5,360 45,611 117,659

2014 6,724 8,032 1,013 2,373 4,815 5,781 12,479 1,400 4,460 9,808 10,340 52,469 4,898 35,474 97,257

2015 5,958 6,339 1,196 45 1,332 4,018 3,431 12,908 1,272 2,055 4,201 7,436 37,894 4,657 26,547 73,958

2016 5,011 6,939 1,254 61 1,340 3,503 1,910 10,159 1,396 1,487 1,064 5,207 27,381 4,555 21,591 60,271

2017 5,287 7,678 1,252 119 2,176 4,923 3,143 9,313 1,927 2,572 2,730 11,401 39,555 7,683 48,143 96,945

2018 5,724 8,516 1,094 64 1,806 3,568 3,350 12,415 1,835 2,963 4,221 12,591 43,908 10,543 60,144 116,244

2019 5,118 7,591 657 - 1,285 1,792 2,674 10,148 619 1,806 1,396 12,993 33,370 11,024 49,654 93,765

2020 4,587 7,889 547 - 973 683 1,221 5,796 395 2,722 1,135 8,681 22,154 6,072 37,045 69,067

2021 4,587 6,252 286 63 761 2,019 1,060 7,322 686 906 1,515 7,721 22,341 7,564 52,093 85,115

2022 4,316 6,426 633 111 1,827 4,203 1,426 12,170 1,115 1,904 2,532 7,654 33,575 8,075 41,218 85,956

NA=Not Available.

- =No data reported.

(s)=Less than 0.05 million short tons.

1 Through 1999, includes Luxembourg.

2 Through 1990, data for Germany are for the former West Germany only. Beginning in 1991, data for Germany are for the unified Germany, i.e., the former East Germany and West Germany.

3 See source publications for data for countries included in 'Other'.

Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

Sources: 1960-1988 U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Exports by Schedule B Commodities, EM 522. 1989-2000 U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Coal Industry Annual, annual reports. 2001 forward EIA, Quarterly Coal Report October-December,

quarterly reports; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 'Monthly Report EM 545.'