China exported 5,730,000 tons of coal valued at 381.249 million US dollars in December 2007. The export in January-December reached 53,170,000 tons valued at 3,295.498 million US dollars, down 16.0 percent and 10.5 percent respectively year on year.
Following is a table showing the export from 2004 to December 2007, released by the General Administrations of Customs:
Cumulativ- Change y- Cumulativ- Change y-
e o-y (%) e Value ( o-y (%)
Quantity million
(1,000 US
tons) dollars)
2004 86,660 -7.7 3,811.241 38.6
2005 71,680 -17.3 4,272.138 12.1
2006
January 4,120 -38.8 252.844 -30.8
February 1,093 -9.4 679.741 3.7
March 1,674 -16.4 1,005.510 -6.8
April 2,219 -16.2 1,329.181 -7.4
May 2,659 -12.1 1,600.897 -3.7
June 3,203 -12.8 1.908.633 -7.7
July 3,657 -13.7 2,161.885 -10.3
August 4,176 -13.5 2,457.192 -11.6
September 4,802 -11.9 2,818.575 -11.5
October 5,244 -13.6 3.070.702 -14.2
November 5,734 -12.0 3,346.456 -13.4
December 6,323 -11.8 3,672.114 -14.0
2007
January 3,290 -20.4 199.838 -21.4
February 7,710 -29.6 452.191 -33.7
March 11,410 -31.9 663.633 -34.3
April 15,870 -28.6 932.610 -30.2
May 19,300 -27.5 1,132.944 -29.6
June 23,120 -27.9 1,354.346 -29.3
July 28,860 -21.2 1,699.849 -21.7
August 33,530 -19.8 1,999.008 -18.9
September 38,010 -20.9 2,289.116 -19.1
October 43,260 -17.6 2,631.629 -14.6
November 47,440 -17.3 2,914.258 -13.1
December 53,170 -16.0 3,295.498 -10.5
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