The Quarterly Coal Report (QCR) provides detailed quarterly data on U.S. coal production, distribution, exports, imports, receipts, prices, consumption, stocks, synfuel, and quality. Data on US. coke production, distribution, exports, imports, and consumption are also provided. All data for 2007 are final. All data for 2008 are final, with the exception of other industrial consumption, electric power sector consumption and stocks. All data for 2009 are preliminary.

Highlights for the 3rd Quarter of 2009:

• Production increased by 2.3 percent to 268.6 mst in the third quarter of 2009. This was about the equivalent production level as was in the third quarter of 2003.
• Total U.S. coal consumption increased by over 12 percent between the second and third quarters of 2009 to 260.5 mst.
• During the third quarter of 2009, U.S. producers exported 15.2 mst of coal, 17 percent more than they had exported during the preceding quarter, but 25 percent less than they exported during the third quarter of 2008.
• U.S. coal imports remained level at 5.4 mst in the third quarter.
• Consumer stocks continued their increasing trend in the third quarter, increasing over the second quarter level by 1.5 mst to reach a level of 207.1 mst.
• While demand for coal increased between the second and third quarters of 2009, the average price of coal delivered to the electric power sector fell slightly from $2.25 per million Btu to $2.24 per million Btu. This new price is about 5 percent higher than it was during the third quarter of 2008, when it was $2.14 per million Btu.