Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials

In 2013, the value (in current US$) of exports of "coal, whether or not pulverized, but not agglomerated" (SITC group 321) decreased by 12.0 percent (compared to 8.2 percent average growth rate from 2009-2013) to reach 110.8 bln US$ (see table 2), while imports decreased by 11.8 percent to reach 127.9 bln US$ (see table 3). Exports of this commodity accounted for 3.5 percent of world exports of SITC section 3, and 0.6 percent of total world merchandise exports (see table 1). Australia, Indonesia and Russian Federation were the top exporters in 2013 (see table 2). They accounted for 34.7, 20.5 and 10.7 percent of world exports, respectively. China, Japan and India were the top destinations, with respectively 20.3, 18.4 and 11.7 percent of world imports (see table 3).

Related Subject(s): International Trade and Finance