Imports of coal (foreign economic code 2701) to Ukraine rose to 15.640 million tonnes in the nine months of the year, a 20 percent year-on-year increase, worth $2.192 billion, 15.4 percent more.
Ukraine imported coal (including anthracite) worth $1.375 billion from Russia (62.72 percent of the total), $670.564 million from the U.S. (30.59 percent), $86.933 million from Canada (3.97 percent), and $59.532 million from other countries (2.72 percent).
Ukraine exported 50,902 tonnes of coal worth $8.127 million in the period, including $4.597 million to Russia, $3.201 million to Slovakia, $255,000 to Moldova, and $74,000 to other countries.
Ukraine plans to increase imports of energy grade coal by 11.3 percent in 2018 to 5.669 million tonnes, including 4.882 million tonnes from Russia (up 29.6 percent), 664,000 tonnes from the U.S. (up 47.7 percent), and 123,000 tonnes from South Africa (down 83.8 percent).
