U.S. Energy Information Administration Quarterly Coal Report, October - December 2023

Table 9. U.S. steam coal exports

(short tons)

Year to date

Continent and country

of destination

October - December

2023

July - September

2023

October - December

2022 2023 2022

Percent

change

North America Total 656,854 442,518 796,547 2,704,266 2,843,435 -4.9

Canada* 319,586 178,272 477,906 1,283,142 1,376,659 -6.8

Dominican Republic 323,749 206,640 180,567 1,092,770 502,552 117.4

Guatemala 44 205 70 55,197 338,432 -83.7

Honduras - 44,291 55,116 135,783 245,836 -44.8

Jamaica - - - 3 71,748 -100.0

Mexico 13,192 13,015 82,778 136,891 293,061 -53.3

Trinidad and Tobago 161 43 33 262 249 5.2

Other** 122 52 77 218 14,898 -98.5

South America Total 161,064 239,291 3,054 1,049,474 1,438,302 -27.0

Argentina - 97,718 12 239,017 37,709 NM

Brazil 159,802 140,439 2,461 608,717 525,610 15.8

Chile 228 544 107 162,373 610,312 -73.4

Ecuador 547 45 - 36,978 119,199 -69.0

Peru 169 330 - 833 144,633 -99.4

Other** 318 215 474 1,556 839 85.5

Europe Total 1,823,162 2,083,320 4,481,813 10,226,883 14,116,797 -27.6

Belgium 45,098 165,860 55,759 582,176 103,213 464.1

Croatia 215 22 40,033 94,644 243,233 -61.1

Denmark (Except

Greenland)

- - - 67,845 110,839 -38.8

Finland - - 50,564 - 73,602 -

France 61,033 34,148 478,406 375,617 521,281 -27.9

Germany, Federal

Republic of

278,429 369,886 877,204 1,924,294 2,632,937 -26.9

Italy 69,616 60,970 63 427,239 213 NM

Netherlands 1,164,262 1,175,703 2,053,138 5,175,098 6,702,888 -22.8

Norway 8,718 8,577 8,818 36,367 17,636 106.2

Poland 84,437 9,130 336,312 343,441 998,732 -65.6

Romania - - - 61,295 160,601 -61.8

Spain 54,236 106,873 159,803 495,608 395,105 25.4

Sweden - - - 80,978 102,664 -21.1

Turkey 56,704 151,570 71,650 208,854 404,099 -48.3

United Kingdom 391 355 338,990 218,359 1,600,801 -86.4

Other** 23 226 11,073 135,068 48,953 175.9

Asia Total 8,658,717 6,801,657 3,525,232 27,356,944 16,049,703 70.5

China 727,478 74,976 61,229 1,204,797 234,819 413.1

India 5,073,488 3,690,070 1,910,227 15,555,789 7,811,471 99.1

Indonesia 167,364 88 104 235,239 72,641 223.8

Japan 1,343,732 1,547,649 1,016,161 4,793,559 3,908,780 22.6

Pakistan - - - - 64,506 -

Singapore 190,394 - - 190,440 24 NM

South Korea (Republic of

Korea)

805,635 1,427,666 535,488 4,824,186 3,946,328 22.2

Vietnam 114,942 1 2 115,085 1,880 NM

Other** 235,684 61,207 2,021 437,849 9,254 NM

Australia and Oceania Total 342 535 - 877 591 48.4

Other** 342 535 - 877 591 48.4

Africa Total 2,190,560 1,731,483 802,743 7,160,368 5,029,005 42.4

Egypt 792,026 628,122 629,277 3,158,645 2,631,044 20.1

Morocco 1,398,250 1,084,262 146,683 3,911,040 2,323,353 68.3

South Africa 282 19,046 26,738 38,369 27,029 42.0

Other** 2 53 45 52,314 47,579 10.0

Total 13,490,699 11,298,804 9,609,389 48,498,812 39,477,833 22.9

* Based on the U.S. - Canada Free Trade Agreement; as of January 1990, the U.S. Department of Commerce began reporting statistics on U.S. exports to Canada based on

information on imports provided monthly by the Canadian government.

** Includes countries with coal exports less than or equal to 50,000 short tons in 2022.

- = No data reported.
U.S. Energy Information Administration Quarterly Coal Report, October - December 2023

NM = Not meaningful due to changes of 500 percent or more.

Note: Steam coal includes bituminous, sub-bituminous, lignite, and anthracite. Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 'Monthly Report EM 545.'