China imported 20.91 million mt of coal in February, including lignite, thermal and metallurgical 

material, falling 24.80% from January, but rising 18.27% year on year, according to preliminary 

data released Thursday by China's General Administration of Customs. 

China  imported  27.81  million  mt  of coal in January and 17.68 million mt of coal in February 

2017. 

Total imports for both January and February rose 14.4% year on year to 42.60 million mt. The 

country  exported  0.468  million  mt  of  coal  in  February, down 0.4% year on year, the data 

showed. 

China exported 0.28 million mt of coal in January 2017 and 0.47 million mt in February of the 

same year. Overall exports for both January and February 2017 slumped 30.1% year on year

to 0.75 million mt. 

The GAC did not provide details of February's imports and exports. This will be available later 

this month.