Dec 4, 2018 - EIA expects total U.S. coal
consumption in 2018 to fall to 691 million
short tons (MMst)
U.S. coal production increased
6.4% year over year to 774.6 million short tons (MMst). U.S. coal
consumption
decreased
1.9% from the 2016 level to 716.9 MMst.
The United States is a net exporter of coal. However, some
coal is still imported, mostly for power plants on the eastern and southern
coasts of the country, where it is cheaper to ship in coal by sea from South America
than transport it from mines in the northern and western United States.1
In the second quarter of 2018, the U.S. exported
30.9 million short tons of coal (17% of total production)2 to
dozens of countries around the world. The largest markets were India (15.6% of
all exports), Netherlands (9.2%), South Korea (8.2%), Japan (8.0%), and Brazil
(7.0%).2
In the second quarter of 2018, the U.S. imported
1.5 million short tons of coal, mostly from Colombia (68%), Indonesia (17%),
and Canada (14%).2
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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