In the first 5 months of 2021, coal imports reached 16.43 million tons, equivalent to 1.46 billion USD, a sharp decrease of 33% in volume and a decrease of 19% in turnover.
According to statistics of the General Department of Customs, in May 2021, the whole country imported 3.81 million tons of coal, equivalent to 372.04 million USD, down 3.5% in volume but up 6.5% in metal. turnover compared to the previous month, but sharply decreased by 46.3% in volume and 23.9% in turnover compared to the same month of 2020. Import prices in May 2021 reached an average of 97.8 USD/ton , an increase of 10.4% compared to April 2021 and an increase of 41.6% compared to May 2020.
In the first 5 months of 2021, imports of this commodity group reached 16.43 million tons, equivalent to 1.46 billion USD, a sharp decrease of 33% in volume and 19% decrease in turnover compared to the first 5 months of 2020. The average price in the whole 5 months reached 88.9 USD/ton, up 21%.
Coal imported to Vietnam mainly comes from 3 markets: Australia, Indonesia and Russia; these three markets alone accounted for over 85% of the total coal import turnover of the country; in which imports from Australia reached 6.75 million tons, equivalent to nearly 603.89 million USD, the average price was 89.5 USD/ton, accounting for over 41% of the total volume and total import turnover of coal of the whole country. countries, down nearly 25% in both volume and turnover compared to the first 5 months of 2020, but import prices increased slightly by 1.5%.
The second largest market supplying this group of goods to Vietnam is Indonesia, reaching 6.39 million tons, equivalent to nearly US$441.17 million, priced at US$69.1 per ton, accounting for 38.9% of the total volume and accounting for 30. .2% in total turnover, down 21.8% in volume but up 8.2% in turnover and strongly up 38.3% in price over the same period last year.
Coal imports from the Russian market accounted for 11.3% of the total volume and accounted for 13.9% of the total turnover, reaching 1.86 million tons, worth $202.6 million, down 46% in volume and down 28 % in turnover but up 33% in price over the same period. Coal imports in the first 5 months of 2021
(Calculated according to the data published on 12/6/2021 of the General Department of Customs)
Source: VITIC
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