Ukraine in 2024 increased imports of coal and anthracite (HS code 2701) in 2.7 times (by 1 million 145.951 thousand tons) compared to 2023 – up to 1 million 812.592 thousand tons.
According to the State Customs Service, coal was imported for $402.219 million, which is 2.2 times more than in 2023 ($185.378 million).
From the United States came coal worth $98.868 million (share – 24.58%), Australia – $97.794 million (24.31%), Czech Republic – $69.527 million (17.29%), other countries – $136.03 million (33.82%).
Ukraine’s coal exports in 2024 decreased 1.7 times (by 273.353 thousand tons) – to 397.324 thousand tons, in value terms it fell 4.7 times (by $136.325 million) – to $36.366 million,
Including coal shipped to Swedish counterparties for $14.776 mln, to Indian counterparties for $10.421 mln, to Italian counterparties for $5.487 mln, and to others for $5.682 mln.
As reported, Ukraine in 2022 reduced imports of coal and anthracite in 4.2 times (by 14 million 932.904 thousand tons) compared to 2021 – to 4 million 630.144 thousand tons. Coal was imported for $1 billion 179.113 million, which is 2.1 times less than in 2021 ($2 billion 488.698 million).
