South Korea's coal imports climb 16% MoM in January

South Korea's imports of all types of coal reached 10.98 million tonnes in January, up 15.5% on month and 13.2% on year, according to the latest data from the Korea Customs Service (KCS).

Australia remained South Korea's largest coal supplier last month, with shipments totaling 3.27 million tonnes, up 3.4% from December and 7.4% higher than a year earlier. Notably, Korea's coal imports from Indonesia rose to 3.15 million tonnes in January, surging 44.2% on month and up 14.5% on year. In early January,