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The United States exports more coal to other countries than it imports from other countries (net exporter). The United States imports and exports steam coal and metallurgical coal. Steam coal is primarily used for electricity generation, and metallurgical coal is primarily used for steel production. In 2022, steam coal accounted for 75% of total U.S. coal imports, and metallurgical coal accounted for about 54% of total U.S. coal exports.
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U.S. coal exports reached a record high of 125.7 MMst in 2012, equal to about 12% of U.S. coal production. In 2022, the United States exported about 85.9 MMst of coal—equal to about 14% of U.S. coal production—to 71 countries. Exports to five countries accounted for about 56% of total U.S. coal exports.
Although the United States produces most of the coal that it consumes, it imports coal to meet some domestic demand. For example, coal-burning power plants along the Gulf Coast and the Atlantic Ocean sometimes find it cheaper to import coal from other countries than to obtain coal from U.S. coal-producing regions.
U.S. total annual coal imports reached a record high of about 36.4 million short tons (MMst) in 2007. In 2022, the United States imported about 6.3 MMst of coal—equal to about 1% of U.S. coal consumption in 2022—from 11 countries, and 98% of U.S. coal imports in 2022 were from five countries.
Last updated: September 14, 2023, with data from the Monthly Energy Review, June 2023, and Quarterly Coal Report, 4th quarter 2022, April 2023; data for 2022 are preliminary.
