Energy Information Administration
Table Posted: April 10, 2009
Next Update: August 2009
Steam Coal Import Costs
(U.S. Dollars per Metric Ton 1 - Average Unit Value, CIF 2)
Country	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Belgium	39.88	46.96	39.34	39.76	66.29	70.83	70.95	82.81	NA
Denmark	31.67	40.78	31.65	50.27	56.29	61.84	59.15	75.20	NA
Finland	32.08	40.83	37.08	39.99	58.45	62.80	67.65	72.64	NA
France	37.21	45.36	42.59	42.63	64.08	75.23	72.92	84.49	NA
Germany	33.45	41.46	36.80	39.00	61.22	72.48	70.12	81.49	NA
Ireland 3	42.85	45.25	47.88	50.08	80.90	74.91	101.78	125.15	NA
Italy	37.92	44.83	41.25	42.45	63.54	73.20	69.16	86.00	NA
Japan	34.59	37.95	36.95	34.93	51.48	62.73	63.33	70.92	NA
Netherlands	29.54	40.09	35.81	37.27	55.09	68.86	68.57	79.12	NA
Spain	32.03	37.30	34.80	36.73	55.89	62.94	60.66	74.06	NA
United Kingdom	39.73	45.66	40.48	44.03	65.02	70.24	69.91	84.03	NA
United States	31.11	35.14	37.61	33.76	40.10	47.39	50.55	49.53	NA
1 To convert U.S. dollars per metric ton to U.S. dollars per short ton divide by 1.1023
2 CIF (cargo, insurance and freight) refers to cargos for which the seller pays for the transportation and insurance up to
the port of destination. It is similar to the  terms of an f.o.b. (free on board) sale, except that the seller, as a service for which
he is compensated, arranges for transportation and insurance.
3 On occasion shipments of extremely small quantities of coal with high values and transportation costs result in high
import costs.
NA=Not available.
Source: Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, First Quarter 2009, Part I, Table 13,  Paris: International
Energy Agency, 2008.  The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) maintains annual and quarterly time
series of this price data that begin with the year 1980 and that also include the most recent quarterly prices.
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