GACC: China's Aug thermal coal imports fall 11% YoY

China's thermal coal imports during August fell 11.1% from a year earlier to 27.63 million tonnes, data from the General Administration of Customs (GACC) showed. The volume was also 1.2% below July's 27.97 million tonnes, the data indicated.

The decline widened the year-to-date shortfall, as China imported 208.73 million tonnes of thermal coal in January-August – down 3.5% on the year –m against the 2.3% fall recorded over January-July. June and July arrivals had both topped 27 million tonnes, leaving utilities with comfortable stocks going into the