China's coking coal imports trade now vies with Japan's volume

摘要

China’s surge in coking coal importsthis year is putting the country neck andneck in volumes with Japan, long the world’slargest importer of met coal, according tolatest trade data.China's latest haul in coking coal fromseaborne sources and neighboring Mongoliatotaling 5.273 million mt in November,contributed to imports over January toNovember this year reaching 63.78 millionmt. This is up 19.3% year on year. In October,China imported 5.271 million mt of coking coal.