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Quantity and Average Price of U.S. Coal Imports by Origin

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Table 6. Quantity and Average Price of U.S. Coal Imports by Origin, 2001-2007
(Thousand Short Tons and Dollars per Short Ton)
Year and Quarter
Australia Canada Colombia Indonesia China Venezuela Other Countries Total
Quantity
2001 316 2,571 11,176 882 110 3,335 1,396 19,787
2002 821 2,111 9,205 962 62 3,350 364 16,875
2003 330 2,099 15,479 2,105 150 4,625 256 25,044
2004 296 2,878 16,661 2,181 147 4,436 682 27,280
2005 231 2,017 21,215 2,468 20 3,734 775 30,460
2006
   January - March  62 397 6,447 735 10 978 329 8,958
   April - June  77 473 5,392 630 9 991 385 7,956
   July - September  106 619 7,051 1,103 10 1,097 413 10,399
   October - December  - 559 6,451 679 15 1,132 97 8,933
U.S. Total  245 2,048 25,341 3,147 43 4,198 1,224 36,246
2007
   January - March  28 280 6,852 807 12 740 67 8,786
   April - June  20 514 6,094 949 6 703 119 8,405
   July - September  s 565 7,664 1,247 20 989 74 10,559
   October - December  18 607 6,254 660 13 994 51 8,597
U.S. Total  66 1,967 26,864 3,663 50 3,425 311 36,347
Average Price
2001 36.00 44.01 29.49 42.51 32.97 37.53 34.28 34.00
2002 38.52 46.81 30.86 35.35 57.17 38.92 46.25 35.51
2003 33.98 48.92 28.44 28.36 49.28 33.79 39.36 31.45
2004 41.94 53.55 34.99 20.81 55.77 40.24 61.62 37.52
2005 48.50 96.67 44.82 20.83 93.35 46.46 50.15 46.71
2006
   January - March  46.46 100.93 46.40 22.22 88.36 51.60 47.68 47.49
   April - June  59.00 104.20 48.44 22.97 132.32 56.51 55.17 51.27
   July - September  51.91 91.97 46.52 22.98 86.13 56.41 60.85 48.43
   October - December  - 103.46 46.66 23.02 94.20 54.12 56.41 49.55
U.S. Total  52.74 99.67 46.93 22.81 98.93 54.70 55.17 49.10
2007
   January - March  31.36 96.36 45.57 23.81 98.23 52.90 55.27 45.91
   April - June  31.46 91.30 45.68 24.16 85.86 55.38 46.74 46.86
   July - September  45.45 88.97 46.31 24.81 122.22 55.06 98.43 47.38
   October - December  32.44 86.78 47.82 34.15 120.56 55.21 57.28 50.51
U.S. Total  31.71 89.96 46.33 26.10 111.71 54.70 62.60 47.64
s Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated table. 
- = No data are reported. 
Note: · Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding. Average price is based on the customs import value, including value for shipments of specialty coal not used as a fuel source (about 0.05% of all shipments). Coal imports include coal to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. 
Source: · Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, "Monthly Report IM 145."

see also:
Historical Coal Data back to 1949
Projected Coal Supply & Demand to 2030
International Coal Data