U.S. Coal Supply and Demand: 2009 Review

摘要

Coal production in the United States in 2009 decreased to a level of 1,072.8 million short tons according to preliminary data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), a decline of 8.5 percent, or 99.1 million short tons below the 2008 record level of 1,171.8 million short tons. In 2009 U.S. coal consumption decreased in all sectors while total coal stocks increased for the year. Coal consumption in the electric power sector in 2009 was lower by 10.0 percent, while coking coal consumption decreased by 30.6 percent and the other industrial sector declined by 16.6 percent. The commercial and institutional sector (which prior to 2008 had been called 'residential and commercial'), the smallest of all the coal-consuming sectors, declined by 8.4 percent in 2009. (Note: All percentage change calculations are done at the short tons level.) U.S. coal exports fell from the 2008 levels, while coal imports decreased for a second year in a row.