China imported 8.95 million tons of thermal coal in May, down 17% year-on-year

Time:2020-06-29 17:31:49 Source:CCTDCOAL

The latest data released by the General Administration of Customs shows that in May 2020, China imported 8.95 million tons of thermal coal (including bituminous coal and sub-bituminous coal, but excluding lignite, the same below), a year-on-year decrease of 1.84 million tons, or 17.0%; a month-on-month decline of 5.57 million tons, or 38.4%.

From January to May 2020, China imported 63.99 million tons of thermal coal, up 47.9% year-on-year.

In May 2020, China imported 7.88 million tons of lignite, a year-on-year decrease of 2.01 million tons or 20.3%, and a month-on-month decrease of 1.58 million tons or 16.7%.

In the first five months of 2020, 49.93 million tons of lignite was imported, down 0.6% year-on-year.

Index	RMB/t	DoD	Basis	Date
Datong 5500	700	0	ex-mine	05-04
Shuozhou 5200	680	0	FOR	05-04
Ordos 5500	700	0	ex-mine	05-04
Yulin 6200	780	0	ex-mine	05-04
Liulin Low-sulphur	900	0	ex-mine	05-04
Gujiao Low-sulphur	1770	-50	FOR	05-04
Xingtai Low-sulphur	2360	0	ex-Factory	05-04
Yangquan PCI	1280	-30	FOR	05-04

Index	RMB/t	WoW	WoW%	Date
Qinhuangdao	507.0	1.0	0.20	05-04
Caofeidian	541.0	9.0	1.69	05-04
Huanghua	216.9	12.4	6.06	05-04
Guangzhou	291.2	3.0	1.04	04-27
coastal 6PPs	1629.8	44.7	2.82	07-02
North Ports	2697.8	53.0	2.00	02-01
Yangtze River delta	1242.5	-74.7	-5.67	02-01
South Ports	2233.4	-216.0	-8.82	02-01