COAL INFORMATION (2011 Edition) PART III - III.43
(average unit value, CIF, US$/t)
Total
(1)
Australia Canada USA South
Russian
(2)
PR of
(all sources) Africa Federation China
1990 60.72 55.27 71.27 66.90 50.11 57.45 54.38
1991 60.61 56.64 71.85 66.16 51.94 56.86 53.22
1992 57.86 53.55 70.98 63.68 52.36 55.80 51.66
1993 55.39 51.49 67.12 61.82 46.78 54.37 50.52
1994 51.91 47.89 64.65 59.34 46.93 51.80 47.03
1995 55.03 51.15 64.49 61.37 49.54 54.81 49.49
1996 56.39 54.07 64.44 61.05 50.94 57.21 51.88
1997 55.19 52.73 64.84 61.24 49.64 57.09 49.98
1998 50.98 49.47 59.73 59.53 47.06 54.63 46.78
1999 42.95 41.83 51.05 55.79 39.74 45.17 40.01
2000 39.46 39.01 45.46 52.69 39.99 43.62 37.12
2001 41.13 40.96 47.30 47.81 47.09 45.52 39.35
2002 42.14 43.32 50.50 52.07
45.59 38.97
2003 41.73 43.56 51.64 42.93
46.05 39.09
2004 61.40 56.85 62.04 163.61
67.98 72.57
2005 88.80 96.44 106.05 159.01
114.96 100.45
2006 93.10 106.20 125.68 159.35
116.69 91.98
2007 88.43 96.03 112.61 516.32
105.45 100.91
2008 184.13 206.71 234.34 308.56
250.90 256.42
2009 163.82 191.58 220.94 241.65
190.54 138.99
2010 151.45 170.10 191.97 208.24
185.00 154.71
Note: It should be noted that as a result of the import coal classification system used by Japanese customs authorities, most
imports of Indonesian coal are recorded by customs as coking coal even though most of the coal is not used in the
metallurgical industry. As this coal has a lower unit value than coking coal reported in other categories, the data presented in
the Total column in this table, from 1991 onwards, tend to understate the total average unit value of coals imported into
Japan for metallurgical use. Prior to 1991, the volume of imports reported by customs in this manner was not so large as to
significantly affect the total averages.
(Average Unit Value, CIF, US$/t)
Total
(1)
Australia Canada USA South
Russian
(2)
Poland
(all sources) Africa Federation
1990 65.01 67.29 64.53 63.07 58.81 57.44 63.98
1991 61.75 60.84 60.80 61.65 51.55 51.33 59.20
1992 60.95 60.76 61.51 61.22 50.54 47.95 59.64
1993 55.82 55.67 55.40 57.13 48.21 36.22 54.09
1994 55.97 55.56 52.42 58.22 44.13 46.11 53.55
1995 58.49 57.03 57.02 61.20 49.65 56.00 59.26
1996 59.74 59.72 58.52 62.03 47.44 59.88 61.11
1997 57.99 57.97 57.61 60.08 43.31 54.93 61.02
1998 54.53 55.00 54.18 58.53 35.83 51.08 52.52
1999 48.97 47.33 45.58 54.14 36.21 57.96 47.48
2000 47.88 45.45 45.92 52.91 39.09 42.02 50.43
2001 53.56 51.24 54.59 58.54 42.10 58.89 51.58
2002 56.63 55.52 56.90 61.48 38.69 58.11 50.15
2003 59.61 58.03 61.31 64.18 39.20 47.45 62.24
2004 78.12 73.63 76.64 84.75 61.31 86.41 108.71
2005 109.61 114.89 113.81 110.91 71.77 86.05 138.92
2006 125.86 135.52 137.66 123.44 66.18 81.34 118.82
2007 125.73 127.74 129.45 126.95 96.82 92.15 139.47
2008 197.84 220.54 220.91 175.35 141.18 147.83 245.85
2009 187.29 243.76 223.39 160.22 81.99 108.78 137.24
2010 194.02 213.42 205.20 191.43 95.76 128.15 194.36
(1) Weighted average based only on imports for which prices are available. Calculated average prices may not be comparable
(1) from one year to the next due to differing components.
(2) Former Soviet Union prior to 1991.
Table 4.1: Japan coking coal import costs
Table 4.2: EU coking coal import costs from selected countries
Source: IEA/OECD Energy Prices & Taxes (Table 21 and Table 19 in Part I)
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