Coal: Imports
(asked on 1st November 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the (a) value and (b) volume of coal imported into the UK was in each of the last five years.
Answered by
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 7th November 2024
Data showing the value and volume of coal imported into the UK is presented in the following table:
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
UK coal imports (million tonnes) | 5.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.6 | 2.9 |
Value of UK coal imports (£m) | 574 | 318 | 470 | 1,573 | 519 |
Source: HMRC trade data |
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