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| Table Posted: June 7, 2007 | |||||||||
| Next Update: August 2007 | |||||||||
| Steam Coal Prices for Electricity Generation 1 | |||||||||
| ( U.S. Dollars per Metric Ton ) 2 | |||||||||
| Country | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
| Argentina | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Austria | C | C | 53.8 | 45.7 | 52.7 | 64.5 | 143.4 | 149.6 | 148.0 |
| Belgium | 34.2 | 30.2 | 32.8 | 37.7 | 34.5 | 35.9 | 72.5 | 80.3 | 63.2 |
| Brazil | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Canada | NA | NA | 17.9 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 21.0 | NA | NA | NA |
| Chile | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| China | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) | 93.04 | 96.37 | 100.03 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Colombia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Costa Rica | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Cuba | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Czech Republic 3 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | C | C | C | C |
| Denmark | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Finland | 43.0 | 39.4 | 38.6 | 46.7 | 44.0 | 48.3 | 67.0 | 72.1 | 74.3 |
| France | 41.4 | 38.2 | 37.2 | 45.3 | 42.9 | 42.4 | 63.6 | 75.0 | NA |
| Germany | 46.6 | 41.9 | 42.4 | 51.9 | 45.7 | 50.0 | 70.0 | 79.7 | NA |
| Hungary | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| India | 15.94 | 16.22 | 16.49 | 17.11 | 16.61 | 17.67 | 20.62 | 21.40 | NA |
| Indonesia | 10.87 | 17.91 | 18.26 | NA | 23.60 | 26.91 | NA | NA | NA |
| Ireland | 36.3 | 30.9 | 30.3 | 35.4 | 37.5 | 35.5 | 67.2 | 70.1 | 61.3 |
| Italy | 50.4 | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Jamaica | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Japan | 50.5 | 44.4 | 40.9 | 42.7 | 39.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kazakhstan | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Korea, South | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 47.6 | 55.1 | 51.5 |
| Luxembourg | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Mexico 3 | 25.9 | 28.8 | 31.8 | 33.9 | 33.7 | 32.1 | 37.1 | 41.0 | 42.3 |
| New Zealand | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Norway | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Panama | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Peru | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Poland | 32.6 | 29.1 | 28.2 | 31.4 | 32.2 | 36.2 | 40.0 | 47.5 | NA |
| Portugal | 36.0 | 31.5 | 30.2 | 38.6 | 32.3 | 38.4 | 57.5 | 67.6 | 58.3 |
| Romania | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Russia | NA | NA | NA | 12.06 | 11.75 | 12.03 | NA | NA | NA |
| Slovak Republic (Slovakia) | 20.7 | 17.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| South Africa | 7.48 | 7.02 | 6.51 | 5.81 | 4.97 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Spain | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Switzerland | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - | - - |
| Thailand | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Turkey 3 | 15.9 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 15.2 | 19.0 | 25.9 | 25.2 | 24.8 |
| United Kingdom | 50.0 | 47.0 | 44.4 | 46.5 | 44.5 | 45.9 | 59.7 | 65.6 | NA |
| United States | 28.6 | 27.8 | 27.5 | 28.2 | 28.7 | 29.1 | 30.9 | 35.3 | 38.6 |
| Venezuela | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 1 Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using exchange rates. | |||||||||
| 2 To convert U.S. dollars per metric ton to U.S. dollars per short ton divide by 1.1023. | |||||||||
| 3 Price is for brown coal. | |||||||||
| NA=Not available. | |||||||||
| C=Confidential. | |||||||||
| - -=Not appplicable. | |||||||||
| Source: Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, First Quarter 2007, Part II, Section D, Table 19, and Part III, | |||||||||
| Section B, Table 16, Paris: International Energy Agency, 2007. The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) | |||||||||
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