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How many tons of coal was exported to the US from Australia?
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The link below contains the latest coal importing figures from the U.S Energy Information Association by country of origin for years 2003 - 2009 with 2010 predictions
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/quarterly/html/t7p01p1.html
It's actually not much in terms of total coal imported, only 58.48 ( thousand short tons ) for 2009.
The Australian Coal Association doesn't even list the US as a separate country of export...
http://www.australiancoal.com.au/the-australian-coal-industry_coal-exports_coal-export-details.aspx
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/quarterly/html/t7p01p1.html
It's actually not much in terms of total coal imported, only 58.48 ( thousand short tons ) for 2009.
The Australian Coal Association doesn't even list the US as a separate country of export...
http://www.australiancoal.com.au/the-australian-coal-industry_coal-exports_coal-export-details.aspx
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Is the US coal independant?
In a way.... because the US is one of the largest producers and also exporters of coal in the world. As with oil, the US is also a great consumer of coal. The thing is that Australia in particular, is not one of the top coal export providers to the US.
I believe my Answer to a similar Question (that mysteriously was not sent to voting) supports the assertion that there is not much exported coal from Australia to the US...
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/business/which-countries-does-australia-export-coal
60% of all Australian coal exports go to Japan, then in a smaller proportion, to other countries like South Korea, India, Taiwan, China or Brazil. The US is nowhere to be seeing in that segment.
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sorry for the slow comment back...
indeed the main Australian market for coal is Japan and Asia - Asia is Australia's biggest market for most commodities such as iron ore and coal....