U.S. met coal exports to Japan are dwinding

摘要

During CY2005, U.S. met coal exports to Japan totaled 1.65 million tonnes, according to statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau. "We probably won't see more than 500,000 tonnes going there in 2008," a source said, "and it could be even less. Japan doesn't need the U.S. as a swing supplier this year. The supply chain from the U.S. to Japan was just destined to be a short-lived thing as global supplies became more plentiful."