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China August coal imports from Dalrymple Bay plunge 49.7% m-o-m

China’s coal imports from Australia's Dalrymple Bay terminal stood at 583,000 tonnes in August, plunging 49.7% from 1.16 million tonnes in July, operator DBCT Management said in a report on September 14.

China’s total import over January-August from the coal terminal stood at 7.9 million tonnes, said the terminal shipping data.

Japan’s coal imports from Dalrymple Bay terminal in August was 1.67 million tonnes, up from 1.32 million tonnes in July.

South Korean coal buyers booked 952,000 tonnes of coal exports from shippers at the Dalrymple Bay coal terminal for August, and slightly less than July's volume of 1.1 million tonnes.

Japan has been the leading export destination for coal shipments from the coal terminal at Dalrymple Bay this year to date at 9.7 million tonnes, and South Korea and China each tie for second place at 7.9 million tonnes for the eight-month period, said the terminal shipping data.

Coal shipments from the Dalrymple Bay coal terminal in the Australian state of Queensland increased 10.6% month on month to 6.27 million tonnes in August, up 10.6% from 5.67 million tonnes in July, data showed.

For the eight-month period ended August, Dalrymple Bay coal terminal has shipped 47.2 million tonnes of coal exports compared with 44.6 million tonnes for the corresponding period in 2014.

source: http://en.sxcoal.com