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

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Table 7. Quantity and Average Price of U.S. Coal Imports by Origin, 2003-2009 (Thousand Short Tons and Dollars per Short Ton)
Year and Quarter	Australia	Canada	Colombia	Indonesia	China	Venezuela	Other Countries	Total
Quantity
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	245	2,048	25,341	3,147	43	4,198	1,224	36,246
2007	66	1,967	26,864	3,663	50	3,425	311	36,347
2008
January - March	39	396	6,093	661	5	447	-	7,640
April - June	17	541	6,860	997	14	552	1	8,982
July - September	25	600	6,263	936	17	607	37	8,485
October - December	68	490	7,047	779	10	706	1	9,101
U.S. Total	149	2,027	26,262	3,374	45	2,312	39	34,208
2009
January - March	60	234	4,925	816	4	287	s	6,325
April - June	-	280	4,453	431	2	261	s	5,426
U.S. Total	60	514	9,378	1,247	5	547	1	11,751
Average Price
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	52.74	99.67	46.93	22.81	98.93	54.70	55.17	49.10
2007	31.71	89.96	46.33	26.10	111.71	54.70	62.60	47.64
2008
January - March	56.62	86.17	51.89	35.58	99.81	62.17	-	52.91
April - June	55.90	104.75	52.67	40.90	139.55	68.03	67.70	55.59
July - September	56.97	123.32	60.18	39.08	276.66	81.51	148.57	64.65
October - December	49.18	118.34	62.85	33.67	333.03	86.12	81.18	65.33
U.S. Total	53.19	109.91	57.01	37.68	228.09	75.96	145.90	59.83
2009
January - March	58.11	101.26	59.74	49.85	444.87	78.07	179.86	61.03
April - June	-	96.99	63.14	53.24	297.49	89.41	97.82	65.44
U.S. Total	58.11	98.93	61.35	51.03	398.27	83.47	143.39	63.07
s Value is less than 0.5 of the table metric, but value is included in any associated total. - = 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). Customs import value is the price paid for merchandise when sold for exportation to the United States, excluding U.S. import duties, freight, insurance, and other charges incurred in bringing the merchandise to the United States. 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."