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SA coal exports to Atlantic nations up 27% in 2014

19 Jan 2015

January 19: Imports of coal from South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) by Atlantic countries stood at 25,906,060 tons during 2014, up 26.81% from 20,428,501 tons recorded during 2013, according to provisional data available with ICMW.

On the other hand, during FY2013-14, total imports stood at 26,253,834 tons as compared to 26,064,273 tons during FY2012-13.

Exports through RBCT to Atlantic countries stood at 3,607,583 tons in December 2014 against 3,471,396 tons recorded during November 2014.

On the other hand, in December 2013, the export figure stood at 2,869,708 tons.

Following are the details of coal exports to Atlantic countries from RBCT (in tons):

Country	Jan-Dec'14	Jan-Dec'13	14-Dec	13-Dec	14-Nov	14-Oct	14-Sep	14-Aug
ARA	12,004,007	7,578,491	817,199	1,375,616	1,794,091	871,769	1,792,184	499,024
Argentina	334,994	91,348	47,793	Nil	48,307	Nil	Nil	49,499
Brazil	508,432	459,645	102,105	87,996	Nil	Nil	109,994	Nil
Denmark	476,597	309,762	77,775	154,229	Nil	Nil	93,158	305,664
France	721,595	887,791	78,117	221,147	Nil	71,200	Nil	240,681
Ireland	178,921	38,429	45,936	Nil	Nil	36,821	Nil	Nil
Israel	2,532,015	3,242,546	200,240	152,536	164,264	176,183	167,229	335,008
Italy	1,219,135	1,617,618	279,785	79,262	274,826	71,304	74,436	80,197
Mexico	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Romania	Nil	350,254	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Spain	1,629,786	2,326,995	317,102	475,493	110,618	222,773	168,163	247,496
Turkey	3,734,593	2,122,009	701,152	164,998	559,441	299,096	1,000,801	369,705
UK	475,404	367,119	161,886	87,998	94,892	55,000	Nil	163,626
TBC	86,459	59,850	80,213	Nil	86,459	Nil	Nil	Nil
Greece	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Portugal	162,425	475,105	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	162,425
Belgium	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Angola	44,700	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Slovenia	Nil	80,822	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Morocco	1,301,678	393,011	560,936	70,433	296,878	233,682	210,182	Nil
Namibia	62,094	27,706	Nil	Nil	Nil	31,500	Nil	Nil
Benin	80,118	Nil	Nil	Nil	41,620	Nil	Nil	Nil
Egypt	104,301	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	52,601
Uruguay	33,000	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Germany	78,462	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	78,462	Nil	Nil
Croatia	137,344	Nil	137,344	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil	Nil
Total	25,906,060	20,428,501	3,607,583	2,869,708	3,471,396	2,147,790	3,616,147	2,505,926

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