Indonesian quota cuts chop Vietnam coal imports in Feb

Vietnam's coal imports from all sources tumbled by a marked 13.8% on year to touch a low of 4.95 million tonnes in February, demonstrating impacts from the reduced saleable cargoes from its key supplier Indonesia, the latest data from the Vietnam Customs show.

The February figure, meanwhile, presented a 20.2% slump from January. The import value had also decreased 19.5% on month to $538.6 million, as per the Customs statistics, though the unit import price – calculated by Mysteel Global at $108.8/t – improved by a slight 0.9% from January. Although Vietnam's coal