China’s Apr coking coal imports drop 7% on-year to 6.47 million mt

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China imported 6.47 million mt of coking coal inApril, down 6.9% year on year, but up 73.5% from March, asvolumes from Australia and Mongolia surged, according to datareleased Thursday by the General Administration of Customs.Australia was the biggest exporter of the steelmakingingredient to China in April, shipping 3.07 million mt ofcoking coal, more than double March’s 1.43 million mt andup 45.8% on-year. It marked China’s highest imports fromAustralia since December.