Coal imports on the rise

Poland has imported 5.9 million metric tons of coal in the first 9 months of 2016, which represents a 200,000-ton increase, according to data provided by the ARP Agency, which claims that end-year figures should match last year’s results when Poland imported 8.2 million tons. Coal imports in the first nine months comprised 4.3 million tons of thermal coal, with most of it (3.6 million) coming from Russia, and 1.6 million tons of coking coal with the bulk of it being imported from Australia (1.1 million tons). Coal exports, in turn, exceeded 6.3 million tons but were down by over 0.5 million tons y/y.