GACC: China's Sept coal imports slip 6% as import prices top 33-month high

China imported 43.37 million tonnes of all types of coal in September, up 3% from August but still 5.7% below a year earlier, with the average import price climbing to its highest since 2024, preliminary Customs data released on October 14 showed.

The month-on-month gain of 1.28 million tonnes was the first since June from May but it still left the September total 2.63 million tonnes short of the 46 million tonnes cleared through Chinese ports during September last year, according to the General Administration of Customs (GACC). September's import coal cargoes