Quarterly Coal Report
The Quarterly Coal Report provides detailed quarterly data on U.S. coal production, exports, imports, receipts, prices, consumption, quality, and stocks. The report also provides data on U.S. coke production, consumption, stocks, imports, and exports. All data for 2023 and previous years are final. All data for 2024 and 2025 are preliminary.
Highlights for the first quarter of 2025
- U.S. coal production during the first quarter of 2025 totaled 132.3 million short tons (MMst), which was 3.4% higher than the previous quarter and 1.9% higher than the first quarter of 2024. Production in the Western region, which represented about 52.6% of total U.S. coal production in the first quarter of 2025, totaled about 69.7 MMst (2.3% higher than the first quarter of 2024).
- U.S. coal exports for the first quarter of 2025 (24.4 MMst) decreased 11.8% from the fourth quarter of 2024. The average price of U.S. coal exports during the first quarter of 2025 was $109.62 per short ton.
- The United States continued to import coal primarily from Colombia (60.9%) and Canada (17.3). No imports from Australia or Indonesia were recorded for the first quarter of 2025. U.S. coal imports in the first quarter of 2025 totaled 0.6 MMst. The average price of U.S. coal imports during the first quarter of 2025 was $141.20 per short ton.
- Steam coal exports totaled 11.7 MMst (5.5% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024). Metallurgical coal exports totaled 12.7 MMst (17% lower than the fourth quarter of 2024).
- U.S. coal consumption totaled 118.3 MMst in the first quarter of 2025, which was 19.1% higher than the 99.3 MMst reported in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 17.9% higher than the 100.3 MMst reported in the first quarter of 2024. The electric power sector accounted for about 92.2% of the total U.S. coal consumption in the first quarter of 2025.
- In the first quarter of 2025, coal stocks dropped to 133.3 MMst from 149 MMst at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024 (a 10.5% decrease). Stocks in the electric power sector decreased to 111.8 MMst from 127.9 MMst at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024.
Data Tables
Summary
- ES-1.U.S. Coal Summary Statistics
- ES-2.U.S. Coke Summary Statistics
Production
- 1.U.S. Coal Production
- 2.Coal Production by State
- 3.Coke and Breeze Production at Coke Plants
Export and Imports
- 4.U.S. Coal Exports and Imports
- 5.Average Price of U.S. Coal Exports and Imports
- 6.Quantity and Average Price of U.S. Coal Imports by Origin
- 7.U.S. Coal Exports
- 8.Average Price of U.S. Coal Exports
- 9.U.S. Steam Coal Exports
- 10.Average Price of U.S. Steam Coal Exports
- 11.U.S. Metallurgical Coal Exports
- 12.Average Price of U.S. Metallurgical Coal Exports
- 13.Coal Exports by Customs District
- 14.Steam Coal Exports by Customs District
- 15.Metallurgical Coal Exports by Customs District
- 16.U.S. Coke Exports
- 17.Average Price of U.S. Coke Exports
- 18.U.S. Coal Imports
- 19.Average Price of U.S. Coal Imports
- 20.Coal Imports by Customs District
- 21.U.S. Coke Imports
- 22.Average Price of U.S. Coke Imports
Receipts and Prices
- 23.Coal Receipts at Coke Plants by Census Division
- 24.Average Price of Coal Receipts at Coke Plants by Census Division
- 25.Open Market Sales and Average Price of Coke and Breeze
- 26.Coal Receipts at Other Industrial Plants by Census Division and State
- 27.Average Price of Coal Receipts at Other Industrial Plants by Census Division and State
- 28.U.S. Coal Receipts at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code
- 29.Average Price of U.S. Coal Receipts at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code
- 30.Coal Receipts at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State
- 31.Average Price of Coal Receipts at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State
Consumption
- 32.U.S. Coal Consumption by End-Use Sector
- 33.Coal Carbonized at Coke Plants by Census Division
- 34.Coal Consumption at Other Industrial Plants by Census Division and State
- 35.U.S. Coal Consumption at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code
- 36.Coal Consumption at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State
Stocks
- 37.U.S. Coal Stocks
- 38.Coal Stocks at Coke Plants by Census Division
- 39.Coal Stocks at Other Industrial Plants by Census Division and State
- 40.U.S. Coal Stocks at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code
- 41.Coke and Breeze Stocks at Coke Plants by Census Division
- 42.Coal Stocks at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State
Quality
- 43.Average Quality of Coal Received at Manufacturing and Coke Plants by Census Division and State
- 44.Average Quality of Coal Received at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State