GACC: China's coal imports notch intra-year high in Sept

China's imports of coal and lignite reached 46 million tonnes in September, marking the highest so far this year and jumping by 7.6% from August, according to the latest data released by the General Administration of Customs (GACC) on October 13.

However, the import volume still registered a 3.3% fall compared with the year-prior level, extending the on-year downtrend since March, though at a much slower pace. This partly reflected the impact of China's caps on coal imports aiming to tame a severe supply surplus of the fossil fuel in