Houston — US coal exports totaled 9.2 million mt in June, up 5.1% from May and up 38.6% 

from the year-ago month, according to US Census data out Friday. 

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Sign Up Relatively high seaborne prices for both metallurgical and thermal coal, in addition 

to a possible ban on petcoke in India, have opened the door for US exports. 

Through June, US coal exports total 52.7 million mt, up 31.7% compared with the same peri

od last year, while exports on an annualized basis would total 105.4 million mt, the highest 

total since 2012. 

Met coal exports in June totaled 4.97 million mt, down 1.7% from the prior month, but up 

28.1% from the year-ago month. 

Top met coal export destinations in June were India, at 711,185 mt compared with 301,485 

mt  in  the  year-ago  month;  Brazil,  at 528,492  mt  compared  with  372,321 mt; and the 

Netherlands, at 491,080 mt compared with 164,041 mt. 

For the year, top met coal export destinations are Brazil, at 3.97 million mt compared with 3.

07 million mt in the year-ago period; India, at 3.69 million mt compared with 1.53 million mt; 

and Japan, at 2.73 million mt compared with 2.5 million mt. 

Year-to-date, met coal exports total 28.9 million mt, up 24.2% from the year-ago period. On 

an annualized basis, met coal exports for the full-year would total 57.7 million mt, highest sin

ce 2013. BITUMINOUS COAL EXPORTS 

Bituminous coal exports in June totaled 3.58 million mt, up 17.9% from May and up 94.6% 

from last year. Year-to-date, bituminous coal exports total 20.1 million mt, and would total 40

.2 million mt on an annualized basis, highest since 2012. 

Top bituminous coal export destinations in June were India, at 980,225 mt compared with 

276,327 mt last year; Japan, at 338,673 mt compared with 144,059 mt; and Mexico, at 

277,865 mt compared with 32,979 mt. 

For the year, the top bituminous coal export destinations are India, at 5.37 million mt 

compared with 2.26 million mt in the year-ago period; the Netherlands, at 2.1 million mt 

compared with 2.89 million mt; and Egypt, at 1.78 million mt compared with 214,198 mt.