Thailand's April coal imports rise 14% on year to 1.93 million mt.

Thailand imported 1.93 million mt of coal in April, increasing 13.8% from the exact same month in 2015, Customs Department information launched Thursday revealed.

Of the total amount, the kingdom imported 999,153 mt of bituminous coal, up 6.9% year on year.

specialty chemical distributors of imports came from Australia, at 566,487 mt or virtually four times greater than 142,821 mt in April 2015, and Indonesia with 432,182 mt, down 45.3% year on year.

Thailand likewise imported 20,593 mt of anthracite coal in April, up 5.2% year on year, primarily from Russia with 14,700 mt, from none a year previously, complied with by China at 5,875 mt, somewhat up 0.6% year on year. Imports of various other coal were 915,046 mt in April, up 22.7% from the exact same month in 2015. The majority of this originated from Indonesia, at 915,044 mt, up 22.8% year on year.

During January-April, Thailand imported a total 7.12 million mt of coal, up 6.2% from 6.71 million mt a year previously.

Of this, 3.42 million mt were bituminous coal, up 4.3% year on year. Indonesia was the top supplier, with 2.05 million mt, but quantities were down 4.1% year on year.

Imports from Australia increased 20% year on year to 1.37 million mt, according to the information.

Thailand's anthracite coal imports in the very first 4 months reached 31,232 mt, down 39.4% from 51,510 mt in January-April 2015.

Shipments from Russia totaled 19,718 mt, from none a year earlier, while imports from China rose 95.2% year on year to 11,494 mt.

The Southeast Asian country imported 3.67 million mt of other coal over January-April, up 8.7% from 3.38 million mt in the year-ago duration, with Indonesia being the major distributor of 3.43 million mt, up 3.6% year on year.

Thailand generated 3.87 million mt of lignite during January-March, up 1.2% from the same duration in 2015, according to information released Might 12 from Thailand's Energy Policy as well as Planning Office.

Data for residential result in April as well as first 4 months was not readily available.

The Electrical Energy Generating Authority of Thailand, or EGAT, represents the majority of the nation's domestic lignite manufacturing, which is mostly provided to its own nuclear power plant.

In the very first quarter of this year, the kingdom eaten 9.8 million mt of coal and also lignite, up 5.4% year on year. Of this, coal represented almost 60%, or 5.85 million mt, of the total amount.

Coal-fired power plants consumed 5.86 million mt of coal and also lignite in Q1, or nearly 60% of the total amount, increasing 8.2% year on year. The rest was made use of by various other commercial sectors, EPPO information showed.