Insight
2017 US coal exports - unreported tonnes, drivers, and suppliers
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Report summary
Through our research, we estimate that total US thermal coal exports in 2017 were 3.2 Mt higher than reported by most other sources of coal export data. We assess that total US thermal exports were 42.3 Mt and US metallurgical exports were 50.2 Mt, a 63% and 46% increase over 2016 respectively. In this insight, we also estimate US coal exports by basin. Our analysis shows that Central Appalachia (CAPP) exported the greatest portion of the total US coal exports in 2017 at 36.1 Mt: 31.7 Mt metallurgical and 4.4 thermal. Illinois Basin (ILB) had a record-breaking year for total coal exports this year, shipping over 10 Mt through the US Gulf of Mexico. Northern Appalachia (NAPP) saw a 160% increase in coal buying interest from India to 6 Mt in 2017, as a result of high coal prices in the pacific and petcoke bans instituted in several regions.
Table of contents
- Unreported US export data
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Determining US seaborne exports by basin
- Thermal coal
- Metallurgical coal
- India emerges as a major US thermal importer
- Total US exports expected to continue to grow in 2018
Tables and charts
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- Destination of seaborne NAPP coal exports (Mt)
- Destination of seaborne ILB coal exports (Mt)
- 2017 US thermal coal seaborne exports – Wood Mackenzie estimate (Mt)
- 2017 US metallurgical coal seaborne exports – Wood Mackenzie estimate (Mt)
What's included
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