According to the vessel line-up data compiled by
CoalMint Research, coal shipments exported from Australia have decreased 5.36%
on a month-to-month basis to 28.64 MnT in Apr'18, against its previous month's
total of 30.26 MnT.
Notably, Australian coal exports to its major
customer, Japan, had declined by 19.7% M-o-M from 9.90 MnT in Mar’18 to 7.95
MnT in Apr’18. Likewise supplies to India, South Korea and Taiwan had lessened
during the month.
Contrarily, Chinese coal imports from Australia
surged 28% M-o-M from 5.88 MnT in Mar’18 to 7.57 MnT in Apr’18.
India continued to be the third-largest coal importer
from Australia in Apr'18, though imports fell by 35% M-o-M from 4.73 MnT in
Mar’18 to 3.03 MnT in Apr’18.
Source: steel mint