Energy Information Administration
Table Posted: August 19, 2008
Next Update: December 2008
Steam Coal Import Costs
(U.S. Dollars per Metric Ton 1 - Average Unit Value, CIF 2)
Country	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Belgium	40.74	39.88	46.96	39.34	39.76	66.29	70.83	70.95	NA
Denmark	30.29	31.67	40.78	31.65	50.27	56.29	61.84	59.15	NA
Finland	31.50	32.08	40.83	37.08	39.99	58.45	62.80	67.65	NA
France	38.59	37.21	45.36	42.59	42.63	64.08	75.23	72.92	NA
Germany	32.59	33.45	41.46	36.80	39.00	61.22	72.48	70.12	NA
Ireland 3	42.93	42.85	45.25	47.88	50.08	80.90	74.91	101.78	NA
Italy	33.49	37.92	44.83	41.25	42.45	63.54	73.20	69.16	NA
Japan	35.87	34.59	37.95	36.95	34.93	51.48	62.73	63.33	NA
Netherlands	30.41	29.54	40.09	35.81	37.27	55.09	68.86	68.57	NA
Spain	29.64	32.03	37.30	34.80	36.73	55.89	62.94	60.66	NA
United Kingdom	40.43	39.73	45.66	40.48	44.03	65.02	70.24	69.91	NA
United States	33.64	31.11	35.14	37.61	33.76	40.10	47.39	50.55	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 2008, 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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