Table 7.5 Coal Exports by Country of Destination, 1960-2011 (Million Short Tons)

Table 7.5 Coal Exports by Country of Destination, 1960-2011
(Million Short Tons)

Year

Canada

Brazil

Europe

Japan

Other ³

Total

Belgium ¹

Denmark

France

Germany ²

Italy

Nether-
lands

Spain

Turkey

United
Kingdom

Other ³

Total

1960

12.8

1.1

0.1

0.8

4.6

4.9

2.8

0.3

–

2.4

17.1

5.6

1.3

38.0

1961

12.1

1.0

4.3

4.8

2.6

–

2.0

15.7

6.6

1.0

36.4

1962

12.3

1.3

(s)

5.1

6.0

3.3

(s)

1.8

19.1

6.5

1.0

40.2

1963

14.6

1.2

2.7

(s)

2.7

5.6

7.9

5.0

1.5

–

2.4

27.7

6.1

50.4

1964

14.8

1.1

2.3

(s)

2.2

5.2

8.1

4.2

1.4

–

2.6

26.0

6.5

1.1

49.5

1965

16.3

1.2

2.2

(s)

2.1

4.7

9.0

3.4

1.4

(s)

2.3

25.1

7.5

51.0

1966

16.5

1.7

1.8

(s)

1.6

4.9

7.8

3.2

1.2

(s)

2.5

23.1

7.8

1.0

50.1

1967

15.8

1.7

1.4

–

2.1

4.7

5.9

2.2

1.0

–

2.1

19.4

12.2

1.0

50.1

1968

17.1

1.8

1.1

–

1.5

3.8

4.3

1.5

–

1.9

15.5

15.8

51.2

1969

17.3

1.8

–

2.3

3.5

3.7

1.6

1.8

–

1.3

15.2

21.4

1.2

56.9

1970

19.1

2.0

1.9

–

3.6

5.0

4.3

2.1

3.2

(s)

1.8

21.8

27.6

1.2

71.7

1971

18.0

1.9

–

3.2

2.9

2.7

1.6

2.6

1.7

1.1

16.6

19.7

1.1

57.3

1972

18.7

1.9

1.1

–

1.7

2.4

3.7

2.3

2.1

2.4

1.1

16.9

18.0

1.2

56.7

1973

16.7

1.6

1.2

–

2.0

1.6

3.3

1.8

2.2

1.3

14.4

19.2

1.6

53.6

1974

14.2

1.3

1.1

–

2.7

1.5

3.9

2.6

2.0

1.4

16.1

27.3

1.8

60.7

1975

17.3

2.0

–

3.6

2.0

4.5

2.1

2.7

1.9

1.6

19.0

25.4

2.6

66.3

1976

16.9

2.2

(s)

3.5

1.0

4.2

3.5

2.5

2.1

19.9

18.8

2.1

60.0

1977

17.7

2.3

1.5

2.1

4.1

2.0

1.6

2.1

15.0

15.9

3.5

54.3

1978

15.7

1.5

1.1

–

1.7

3.2

1.1

2.2

11.0

10.1

2.5

40.7

1979

19.5

2.8

3.2

3.9

2.6

5.0

2.0

1.4

4.4

23.9

15.7

4.1

66.0

1980

17.5

3.3

4.6

1.7

7.8

2.5

7.1

4.7

3.4

4.1

6.0

41.9

23.1

6.0

91.7

1981

18.2

2.7

4.3

3.9

9.7

4.3

10.5

6.8

6.4

2.3

8.2

57.0

25.9

8.7

112.5

1982

18.6

3.1

4.8

2.8

9.0

2.3

11.3

5.9

5.6

1.6

2.0

6.0

51.3

25.8

7.5

106.3

1983

17.2

3.6

2.5

1.7

4.2

1.5

8.1

4.2

3.3

1.6

1.2

4.7

33.1

17.9

6.1

77.8

1984

20.4

4.7

3.9

3.8

7.6

5.5

2.3

1.5

2.9

3.9

32.8

16.3

7.2

81.5

1985

16.4

5.9

4.4

2.2

4.5

1.1

10.3

6.3

3.5

2.2

2.7

8.1

45.1

15.4

9.9

92.7

1986

14.5

5.7

4.4

2.1

5.4

10.4

5.6

2.6

2.4

2.9

5.9

42.6

11.4

85.5

1987

16.2

5.8

4.6

2.9

9.5

4.1

2.5

2.6

5.8

34.2

11.1

12.3

79.6

1988

19.2

5.3

6.5

2.8

4.3

11.1

5.1

2.5

2.0

3.7

6.4

45.1

14.1

11.3

95.0

1989

16.8

5.7

7.1

3.2

6.5

11.2

6.1

3.3

1.7

4.5

7.2

51.6

13.8

12.9

100.8

1990

15.5

5.8

8.5

3.2

6.9

1.1

11.9

8.4

3.8

2.1

5.2

7.4

58.4

13.3

12.7

105.8

1991

11.2

7.1

7.5

4.7

9.5

1.7

11.3

9.6

4.7

2.2

6.2

8.2

65.5

12.3

13.0

109.0

1992

15.1

6.4

7.2

3.8

8.1

1.0

9.3

9.1

4.5

2.0

5.6

6.6

57.3

12.3

11.4

102.5

1993

8.9

5.2

4.0

6.9

5.6

4.1

1.6

4.1

5.3

37.6

11.9

11.0

74.5

1994

9.2

5.5

4.9

2.9

7.5

4.9

4.1

1.3

3.4

6.0

35.8

10.2

10.7

71.4

1995

9.4

6.4

4.5

2.1

3.7

2.0

9.1

7.3

4.7

2.0

4.7

8.7

48.6

11.8

12.4

88.5

1996

12.0

6.5

4.6

1.3

3.9

1.1

9.2

7.1

4.1

2.2

6.2

7.7

47.2

10.5

14.2

90.5

1997

15.0

7.5

4.3

3.4

7.0

4.8

4.1

2.1

7.2

7.1

41.3

8.0

11.8

83.5

1998

20.7

6.5

3.2

1.2

5.3

4.5

3.2

1.6

5.9

5.3

33.8

7.7

9.4

78.0

1999

19.8

4.4

2.1

–

2.5

4.0

3.4

2.5

3.2

3.5

22.5

5.0

6.7

58.5

2000

18.8

4.5

2.9

3.0

1.0

3.7

2.6

2.7

1.8

3.3

3.9

25.0

4.4

5.8

58.5

2001

17.6

4.6

2.8

–

2.2

5.4

2.1

1.6

2.5

2.4

20.8

2.1

3.6

48.7

2002

16.7

3.5

2.4

–

1.3

1.0

3.1

1.7

1.9

1.8

15.6

1.3

2.6

39.6

2003

20.8

3.5

1.8

1.3

2.8

2.0

1.8

1.1

1.5

2.1

15.1

(s)

3.6

43.0

2004

17.8

4.4

1.7

1.1

2.1

2.5

1.5

1.3

2.0

2.3

15.2

4.4

6.2

48.0

2005

19.5

4.2

2.1

1.3

2.5

2.6

1.9

1.8

4.1

18.8

2.1

5.4

49.9

2006

19.9

4.5

2.2

1.6

1.7

3.3

2.1

1.6

1.2

2.6

4.2

20.8

4.1

49.6

2007

18.4

6.5

2.1

2.4

2.3

3.5

4.6

1.5

1.4

3.4

5.8

27.1

(s)

7.1

59.2

2008

23.0

6.4

3.1

3.5

2.5

3.2

7.0

2.4

1.9

5.8

10.6

40.3

1.7

10.1

81.5

2009

10.6

7.4

2.7

3.4

2.5

2.3

5.9

1.7

1.4

4.6

5.3

30.1

10.1

59.1

2010

11.4

7.9

2.3

3.2

2.7

3.3

7.3

1.9

2.5

4.4

10.5

38.2

3.2

21.0

81.7

2011^P

6.8

8.7

3.1

4.0

4.8

5.6

10.8

1.8

2.9

6.9

13.9

53.9

6.9

30.9

107.3

¹Through 1999, includes Luxembourg.

P=Preliminary. NA=Not Available. – =No data reported. (s)=Less than 0.05 million short tons.

²Through 1990, data for Germany are for the former West Germany only. Beginning in 1991, data for
Germany are for the unified Germany, i.e., the former East Germany and West Germany.

Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

³See source publications for data for countries included in "Other."

Sources:  ·  1960-1988—U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Exports by
Schedule B Commodities, EM 522.  ·  1989-2000—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Coal
Industry Annual, annual reports.  ·  2001 forward—EIA, Quarterly Coal Report October-December,
quarterly reports; and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, "Monthly Report EM 545."