U.S. Energy Information Administration | Quarterly Coal Report, January - March 2024

Table 7. U.S. coal exports

(short tons)

Year to date

Continent and country

of destination

January - March

2024

October - December

2023

January - March

2023 2024 2023

Percent

change

North America Total 665,514 1,929,015 1,114,527 665,514 1,114,527 -40.3

Canada* 434,099 1,591,355 672,836 434,099 672,836 -35.5

Dominican Republic 190,480 323,749 256,324 190,480 256,324 -25.7

Guatemala - 44 590 - 590 -

Honduras 36,376 - 55,116 36,376 55,116 -34.0

Mexico 4,439 13,584 68,993 4,439 68,993 -93.6

Trinidad and Tobago 87 161 60,657 87 60,657 -99.9

Other** 33 122 11 33 11 200.0

South America Total 2,574,262 1,757,373 2,385,533 2,574,262 2,385,533 7.9

Argentina 271,927 44,554 137,167 271,927 137,167 98.2

Brazil 2,221,398 1,711,557 2,050,883 2,221,398 2,050,883 8.3

Chile 80,870 228 160,059 80,870 160,059 -49.5

Other** 67 1,034 37,424 67 37,424 -99.8

Europe Total 6,371,893 6,316,912 8,180,781 6,371,893 8,180,781 -22.1

Austria 208,752 360,805 510,410 208,752 510,410 -59.1

Belgium 217,644 181,887 392,790 217,644 392,790 -44.6

Croatia 309,254 237,315 397,087 309,254 397,087 -22.1

Finland 111,855 213,861 88,337 111,855 88,337 26.6

France 387,847 295,571 616,382 387,847 616,382 -37.1

Germany, Federal

Republic of

659,796 725,082 1,020,811 659,796 1,020,811 -35.4

Italy 306,925 359,189 686,618 306,925 686,618 -55.3

Latvia - - 86,483 - 86,483 -

Montenegro - - 24,971 - 24,971 -

Netherlands 2,076,081 2,307,118 2,735,964 2,076,081 2,735,964 -24.1

Norway 13,424 21,659 25,023 13,424 25,023 -46.4

Poland 396,592 415,139 571,512 396,592 571,512 -30.6

Romania 3 - 61,295 3 61,295 -100.0

Spain 280,001 248,440 285,312 280,001 285,312 -1.9

Sweden 150,176 175,446 36,423 150,176 36,423 312.3

Turkey 905,938 601,049 301,938 905,938 301,938 200.0

Ukraine 226,327 84,878 - 226,327 - -

United Kingdom 120,297 89,450 339,424 120,297 339,424 -64.6

Other** 981 23 1 981 1 NM

Asia Total 14,720,880 13,986,219 11,284,095 14,720,880 11,284,095 30.5

China 2,361,768 1,543,569 1,786,186 2,361,768 1,786,186 32.2

India 8,031,947 7,779,336 5,615,669 8,031,947 5,615,669 43.0

Indonesia 316,582 264,338 128,372 316,582 128,372 146.6

Japan 2,109,134 2,691,194 2,074,185 2,109,134 2,074,185 1.7

Malaysia 277,545 269,198 105 277,545 105 NM

Singapore 139,126 190,394 394,290 139,126 394,290 -64.7

South Korea (Republic of

Korea)

1,117,650 942,117 1,284,150 1,117,650 1,284,150 -13.0

Taiwan 585 86,497 2 585 2 NM

United Arab Emirates 86,510 66,713 27 86,510 27 NM

Vietnam 82,621 149,665 102 82,621 102 NM

Other** 197,412 3,198 1,007 197,412 1,007 NM

Australia and Oceania Total 47 342 - 47 - -

Other** 47 342 - 47 - -

Africa Total 2,473,031 2,190,560 1,654,918 2,473,031 1,654,918 49.4

Egypt 766,034 792,026 1,035,635 766,034 1,035,635 -26.0

Kenya 22 - 52,215 22 52,215 -100.0

Morocco 1,609,728 1,398,250 502,032 1,609,728 502,032 220.6

South Africa 97,247 282 65,036 97,247 65,036 49.5

Other** - 2 - - - -

Total 26,805,627 26,180,421 24,619,854 26,805,627 24,619,854 8.9
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* 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 2023.

- = No data reported.

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

Note: 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.'