Ukraine in January-September 2020 reduced imports of coal and anthracite (foreign economic activity code 2701) by 14.9% (by 2.234 million tonnes) compared to the same period in 2019, to 12.717 million tonnes.
According to the State Customs Service, coal imports amounted to $1.322 billion, which is 36.7% less than in January-September 2019.
At the same time, coal was imported from the Russian Federation for $796.222 million (60.22% of total imports), the United States for $400.793 million (30.31%), Kazakhstan for $87.431 million (6.61%), other countries for $37.712 million (2.85%).
Ukraine’s coal export for the eight months of 2020 amounted to 2,024 tonnes for $163,000 versus 13,157 tonnes for $508,000 in January-September -2019, in particular to Poland for $156,000 and Moldova for $7,000.
