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| Average
Duration of Utility Coal Supply Contracts Between Supply and Demand
Regions, 1979, 1987, 1995, and 1997 (Years) |
| Year |
Supply Region |
Demand Region |
U.S. Total |
| Northeast |
Midwest |
South |
West |
| 1979 |
Appalachia |
16.0 |
21.8 |
16.4 |
-- |
14.8 |
| Interior |
-- |
21.2 |
21.5 |
-- |
19.2 |
| Western |
-- |
21.0 |
28.4 |
31.4 |
24.4 |
| U.S. |
16.0 |
21.3 |
18.7 |
31.4 |
21.4 |
| 1987 |
Appalachia |
11.5 |
21.1 |
15.9 |
-- |
14.8 |
| Interior |
-- |
20.9 |
25.1 |
-- |
19.2 |
| Western |
-- |
26.0 |
30.9 |
35.4 |
24.4 |
| U.S. |
11.5 |
22.8 |
20.2 |
35.4 |
22.9 |
| 1995 |
Appalachia |
11.3 |
14.7 |
16.0 |
-- |
14.8 |
| Interior |
-- |
18.6 |
20.4 |
-- |
19.2 |
| Western |
-- |
19.6 |
21.9 |
34.3 |
24.4 |
| U.S. |
11.3 |
18.3 |
17.8 |
34.3 |
20.1 |
| 1997 |
Appalachia |
11.5 |
15.4 |
11.5 |
-- |
12.4 |
| Interior |
-- |
13.2 |
15.4 |
-- |
13.9 |
| Western |
-- |
15.6 |
17.8 |
34.0 |
19.4 |
| U.S. |
11.5 |
15.2 |
13.6 |
34.0 |
15.9 |
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--=Not applicable.
Note: Import records are excluded.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Coal Transportation Rate
Database.
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