Indonesian coal exports rise 3% YoY in Dec

Indonesia's coal exports to all destinations worldwide reached 50.62 million tonnes in December, marking a 2.8% rise from the year-earlier total, according to the latest data released by Statistics Indonesia (BPS). The volume also represented a 0.9% rise from November, the same data show.

The December result means that Indonesia exported 557.76 million tonnes of coal during all of 2024, up by 7.5% from 2023 and hitting a new record, the data noted. The country produced around 836 million tonnes of coal last year, beating 2023's result of 775 million tonnes to set