Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook 2003

Table 71.    World Metallurgical Coal Import Demand by Import Region, 2001-2025
                    (Million metric tons of coal equivalent)

Import Regions1

2001

2005

2010

2015

2020

2025

The Americas    

20.6

22.3

24.7

27.5

30.0

29.9

  United States

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.7

1.5

1.4

  Canada    

3.9

4.0

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.4

  Mexico

1.1

1.3

2.3

2.9

3.8

3.9

  South America

13.5

15.0

16.7

19.2

21.2

21.2

 

Europe

53.4

53.3

52.9

51.4

49.6

49.1

  Scandinavia

3.3

2.8

2.8

2.8

1.8

1.6

  U.K/Ireland

10.4

7.7

7.7

7.2

7.2

7.2

  Germany/Austria

3.6

6.4

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.0

  Other NW Europe

16.6

15.2

13.4

12.4

11.4

10.9

  Iberia

4.4

4.5

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

  Italy

8.6

7.3

7.2

6.4

6.4

6.4

  Med/E Europe

6.5

9.4

10.9

11.7

11.9

12.1

 

Asia

109.0

109.4

109.4

111.7

113.5

116.3

  Japan

69.2

63.5

59.6

58.2

56.7

54.8

  East Asia

25.6

28.1

31.4

33.4

35.7

37.6

  China/Hong Kong

0.0

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

  ASEAN

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

  Indian Sub

14.2

17.2

17.8

19.5

20.5

23.3

Total

183.0

185.0

187.0

190.6

193.1

195.3

1Import Regions: South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile; Scandinavia: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden; Other NW Europe: Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands; Iberia: Portugal, Spain; Med/E Europe: Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Israel, Malta, Morocco, Romania, Tunisia, Turkey; East Asia: North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan; ASEAN: Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand; Indian Sub: Bangladesh, India, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
Notes:  One “metric ton of coal equivalent” contains 27.78 million Btu.  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Source:  Projections:  Energy Information Administration, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting; and SSY Consultancy and  Research, “Data Updates for the International Coal Trade Component of the National Energy Modeling System”, June 1999.