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Table 7.  U.S. Coal Exports
(Short Tons)
Continent and Country of Destination
October -
December
2008
July -
September
2008
October -
December
2007
 Year to Date
2008 2007 Percent Change
North America Total 6,865,461 6,901,654 5,084,943 24,353,709 19,100,942 27.5
   Canada1 6,357,059 6,655,938 4,908,955 22,978,510 18,389,323 25.0
   Dominican Republic 230 - 59,094 230 59,349 -99.6
   Jamaica 30,369 18 - 105,470 81,486 29.4
   Mexico 476,706 244,536 113,608 1,229,144 548,546 124.1
   Other2 1,097 1,162 3,286 40,355 22,238 81.5
South America Total 1,855,555 1,847,057 1,766,557 7,677,861 7,199,762 6.6
   Argentina 54,817 101,925 48,621 368,055 302,390 21.7
   Brazil 1,601,951 1,565,011 1,575,838 6,379,648 6,512,361 -2.0
   Chile 183,348 176,549 109,559 903,426 328,756 174.8
   Other2 15,439 3,572 32,539 26,732 56,255 -52.5
Europe Total 11,137,154 9,392,636 8,519,549 40,306,158 27,118,552 48.6
   Austria 137,685 41,133 243,510 335,119 261,361 28.2
   Belgium 604,017 776,972 390,516 3,081,373 2,108,908 46.1
   Bulgaria 78,587 47,132 155,661 403,131 393,352 2.5
   Croatia 356,151 475,831 213,250 1,746,604 814,206 114.5
   Denmark 155,272 79,320 79,841 385,253 79,841 382.5
   Federal Republic of Germany 835,790 611,975 998,948 2,531,317 2,320,682 9.1
   Finland 227,855 114,813 70,788 468,237 292,758 59.9
   France 785,951 707,989 856,162 3,469,123 2,383,773 45.5
   Ireland - 75,307 - 156,952 81,060 93.6
   Italy 820,270 581,226 1,165,833 3,196,761 3,543,678 -9.8
   Netherlands 1,949,213 1,775,740 1,319,886 7,004,302 4,553,213 53.8
   Poland 549,688 580,727 214,431 1,830,396 441,595 314.5
   Portugal 129,494 219,868 159,091 432,013 285,761 51.2
   Romania 298,336 112,347 382,937 1,754,593 1,407,966 24.6
   Russia - 10 73,764 10 77,922 -100.0
   Slovakia 438,579 132,757 71,680 709,111 312,915 126.6
   Slovenia - 79,773 - 79,773 150,126 -46.9
   Spain 607,057 581,538 256,593 2,383,281 1,483,172 60.7
   Sweden 157,052 240,056 156,038 735,448 532,892 38.0
   Turkey 313,375 390,599 236,631 1,914,615 1,447,093 32.3
   Ukraine 270,056 281,815 574,695 948,380 724,986 30.8
   United Kingdom 1,997,902 1,256,681 874,190 5,762,920 3,360,815 71.5
   Other2 424,824 229,027 25,104 977,446 60,477 NM
Asia Total 1,572,327 1,208,504 328,268 5,269,205 1,201,619 338.5
   India 402,882 515,946 294,289 1,666,631 883,329 88.7
   Korea, South 533,633 218,990 88 1,349,455 222,120 NM
   Saudi Arabia 31,796 53,977 25,786 183,681 62,915 192.0
   Other2 604,016 419,591 8,105 2,069,438 33,255 NM
Australia & Oceania Total 200 665 - 1,900 274 NM
   Other2 200 665 - 1,900 274 NM
Africa Total 897,805 970,013 1,424,875 3,910,282 4,541,954 -13.9
   Algeria 140,977 77,492 53,439 394,330 397,680 -0.8
   Egypt 399,128 407,182 471,146 1,371,737 1,545,784 -11.3
   Morocco 356,264 484,202 895,660 1,815,952 2,429,046 -25.2
   South Africa 73 73 - 316,296 156,257 102.4
   Other2 1,363 1,064 4,630 11,967 13,187 -9.3
Total 22,328,502 20,320,529 17,124,192 81,519,115 59,163,103 37.8
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 2007.
  - =  No data are reported.
  NM =  Not meaningful due to changes of 500 percent or more.
  Note:  · Total may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.  
Source:  · Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, "Monthly Report EM 545."
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