Table 67.    World Steam Coal Import Demand by Import Region, 1998-2020
(Million Metric Tons of Coal Equivalent)

Import Regions1

1998

2005

2010

2015

2020

The Americas

29.0

32.7

33.6

35.1

36.6

  United States

7.4

13.3

14.8

15.9

16.9

  Canada    

12.7

8.6

7.4

7.6

8.2

  Mexico

3.1

6.0

6.5

6.7

6.7

  South America

5.8

4.8

4.9

4.9

4.9

 

Europe

106.2

111.0

108.4

104.3

101.1

  Scandinavia

12.6

8.5

5.6

4.4

3.6

  U.K/Ireland

13.9

15.8

16.9

16.9

16.9

  Germany

13.5

21.8

21.8

22.7

24.5

  Other NW Europe

24.7

20.5

17.7

14.5

10.9

  Iberia

14.0

11.0

11.3

11.3

9.5

  Italy

8.7

8.7

8.3

7.8

7.3

  Med/E Europe

18.8

24.7

26.8

26.7

28.4

 

Asia

149.9

200.5

232.0

245.7

261.5

  Japan

63.8

80.2

90.6

92.8

94.2

  East Asia

62.2

81.1

91.0

95.5

99.1

  China/Hong Kong

8.3

11.7

16.2

20.7

27.0

  ASEAN

9.2

21.6

26.8

28.4

31.1

  Indian Sub

6.4

5.9

7.4

8.3

10.1

Total

285.1

344.2

374.0

385.1

399.2

1Import Regions: United States: United States; Canada: Canada; Mexico: Mexico; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile; Scandinavia: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden; U.K./Ireland: Ireland, United Kingdom; Germany: Austria, Germany; Other NW Europe: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands; Iberia: Portugal, Spain; Italy: Italy; Med/E Europe: Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Malta, Morocco, Romania, Tunisia, Turkey; Japan: Japan; East Asia: North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan; China/Hong Kong: China, Hong Kong; ASEAN: Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand; Indian Sub: Bangladesh, India, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
Source:  Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting.
Notes:  One “metric ton of coal equivalent” contains 27.78 million Btu.  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

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