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 U.S. coke production, distribution, exports, imports, and consumption are also provided. All data for 2008 and prior years are final. All data for 2009 and 2010 are preliminary.

Highlights for the 1st Quarter of 2010:

• U.S. coal production increased by 2 percent to 265 million short tons (mst) between the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010.
• The amount of coal produced in Wyoming, the country’s largest producing State, was virtually unchanged from the preceding quarter with production of 106 mst. This was 4.5 percent lower than during the same quarter of 2009.
• U.S. coal exports increased slightly by 0.9 percent to 17.8 mst between the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010.
• Coal imports in the first quarter of 2010 were 4.8 mst, 11.8 percent less than the previous quarter.
• Total U.S. coal consumption increased by 4.6 percent between the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010.
• The average price of coal delivered to the electric power sector increased from $2.15 per million Btu in the last month of the fourth quarter of 2009 to $2.31 per million Btu in the last month of the first quarter of 2010.
• After reaching all-time highs in the second and third quarters of 2009, U.S. consumer stocks decreased 8.1 percent from 198 mst in fourth quarter 2009 to 182 mst in first quarter 2010.