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

al  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. Th

e  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.