Quarterly Coal Report
Third-quarter coal production data were unavailable at the time of publication.
We will update the Quarterly Coal Report when the data become available.
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 2024 and previous years are final. All data for 2025 are preliminary.
Highlights for the third quarter of 2025
- U.S. coal exports for the third quarter of 2025 (22.3 million short tons [MMst]) decreased 0.2% from the second quarter of 2025. The average price of U.S. coal exports during the third quarter of 2025 was $106.23 per short ton.
- The United States continued to import coal primarily from Colombia (68.2%) and Canada (25.6%). Imports from Australia were recorded for the first time since 2017. U.S. coal imports in the third quarter of 2025 totaled 0.7 MMst. The average price of U.S. coal imports during the third quarter of 2025 was $144.88 per short ton.
- Steam coal exports totaled 9.8 MMst (9.9% lower than the second quarter of 2025). Metallurgical coal exports totaled 12.6 MMst (8.9% higher than the second quarter of 2025).
- U.S. coal consumption totaled 127 MMst in the third quarter of 2025, which was 28.5% higher than the 98.8 MMst reported in the second quarter of 2025 and 5.4% higher than the 120.5 MMst reported in the third quarter of 2024. The electric power sector accounted for about 93.2% of the total U.S. coal consumption in the third quarter of 2025.
- In the third quarter of 2025, coal stocks dropped to 132.1 MMst from 144.8 MMst at the end of the second quarter of 2025 (a 8.8% decrease). Stocks in the electric power sector decreased to 105.4 MMst from 116.4 MMst at the end of the second quarter of 2025.
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