Russian thermal coal imports on the rise in northwest Europe
Published by Claire Cuddihy,
Assistant Editor
World Coal,
Russian thermal coal shipments to major coal consuming countries in northwest Europe rose by 7%, or almost 600 000 t, on the year to 9 million t in January-March, continuing last year's trend of increasing, EU customs data show.
The growth can be seen to be a result of stronger supplies to the UK, Finland, Belgium and Sweden. In addition, Ireland received 157 000 t of coal from Russia in the first quarter of this year, having taken no Russian coal in the same period a year earlier.
The first-quarter increase took place amid a dramatic decline in shipments to the region from other major exporters, which allowed Russia to increase its share in the region's coal imports by 11% to 53%.
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