Coal: Imports and Exports
(asked on 16th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much coal in (a) tonnes and (b) cash terms the UK has (i) imported and (ii) exported in each of the last 10 years.
Information on UK coal trade is published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) table G.2.
Year | Coal import volume, thousand tonnes | Coal export volume, thousand tonnes | Coal import value (c.i.f.), £m | Coal export value (f.o.b.), £m |
2009 | 36,504 | 646 | 2,635 | 77 |
2010 | 23,579 | 715 | 1,850 | 86 |
2011 | 31,966 | 986 | 2,987 | 159 |
2012 | 42,235 | 726 | 3,133 | 110 |
2013 | 45,523 | 843 | 2,988 | 129 |
2014 | 39,386 | 617 | 2,323 | 84 |
2015 | 22,517 | 486 | 1,255 | 60 |
2016 | 8,679 | 638 | 621 | 67 |
2017 | 8,205 | 488 | 924 | 60 |
2018 | 10,128 | 701 | 1,153 | 119 |
Source: H.M. Revenue and Customs
In this table coal includes steam coal, coking coal, coke and anthracite. Data for 2019 will be published on 30 July 2020.