US coal exports resume declines

摘要

US coal exports fell in March from year-earlier levels on low demand from Europe, the Americas and Africa. Shipments from US ports dropped to 6.91m short tons (6.27mn metric tonnes) from 9.22mn st in March 2019. That brought first quarter exports down to just under 20mn st, the least since the final three months of 2016, from 25.2mn st a year earlier. Exports resumed declines after recording the first year-on- year gain in 13 months in February. The declines were spread somewhat evenly between ther- mal and metallurgical coal. Steam coal shipments dropped to 2.63mn st from 3.73mn st a year earlier while coking coal fell to 4.28mn st from 5.49mn st.