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Average Price of U.S. Metallurgical Coal Exports
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Table 12.  Average Price of U.S. Metallurgical Coal Exports
(Dollars per Short Ton)
Continent and Country
of Destination		 October - December 2007 July - September 2007 October - December 2006 Year to Date
2007 2006 Percent Change
North America Total  78.95 75.92 80.24 76.20 78.35 -2.7
   Canada[1]  79.33 77.40 79.42 76.96 77.74 -1.0
   Mexico  73.17 67.28 101.96 71.32 91.96 -22.4
   Other[2]  - 40.98 - 41.17 42.14 -2.3
South America Total  87.17 87.77 91.63 88.39 95.29 -7.2
   Argentina  74.64 91.75 87.71 89.71 96.58 -7.1
   Brazil  87.51 87.61 91.97 88.32 95.19 -7.2
   Other[2]  146.66 50.79 318.45 114.42 200.40 -42.9
Europe Total  91.76 90.43 94.71 91.30 93.39 -2.2
   Belgium  91.74 84.83 89.23 88.97 90.40 -1.6
   Bulgaria  104.48 104.14 110.73 110.22 100.10 10.1
   Croatia  115.03 110.22 95.87 105.23 99.51 5.7
   Finland  - - 97.30 93.44 82.39 13.4
   France  89.48 88.23 89.63 87.44 92.81 -5.8
   Germany  79.29 91.17 90.95 84.24 98.75 -14.7
   Hungary  - - 107.46 - 107.46 -
   Italy  93.02 92.97 98.07 94.65 95.22 -0.6
   Netherlands  93.94 80.23 88.11 85.78 86.59 -0.9
   Romania  95.37 92.53 - 94.41 113.40 -16.7
   Slovakia  88.40 92.03 - 91.30 95.75 -4.6
   Slovenia  - 80.40 91.30 80.74 92.90 -13.1
   Spain  88.60 92.67 98.88 92.70 88.61 4.6
   Sweden  92.83 92.81 95.71 94.51 91.53 3.3
   Turkey  85.96 90.10 92.14 87.90 92.67 -5.2
   Ukraine  99.33 98.66 85.73 99.20 85.73 15.7
   United Kingdom  82.32 91.09 98.23 90.19 98.16 -8.1
   Other[2]  90.09 94.91 113.94 89.42 113.16 -21.0
Asia Total  111.65 148.33 92.21 98.57 93.63 5.3
   India  111.65 148.33 92.21 102.67 97.90 4.9
   Japan  - - - - 81.47 -
   South Korea  - - - 73.26 92.24 -20.6
   Other[2]  - - - 50.88 147.30 -65.5
Africa Total  91.84 92.20 74.66 90.55 88.99 1.7
   Algeria  89.36 90.87 89.22 90.55 76.47 18.4
   Egypt  92.13 94.48 - 90.74 98.19 -7.6
   Morocco  - - 45.13 - 45.13 -
   South Africa  - 88.67 88.53 88.67 88.53 0.2
U.S. Total  90.19 87.99 90.70 88.99 90.81 -2.0
 1 Based on the U.S. - Canada Free Trade Agreement; as of January 1990, the U.S. Department of Commerce began reporting statistics on U.S. exports to Canada based on information on imports provided monthly by the Canadian government.
2 Includes countries with coal exports less than or equal to 50,000 short tons in 2006. 
- = No data are reported. 
Note: · Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Average price is based on the free alongside ship (f.a.s.) value, including value for shipments of specialty coal not used as a fuel source (about 0.05% of all shipments). 
Source: · Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, "Monthly Report EM 545."

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