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Quarterly Coal Report
Release Date: February 9, 2017 | Next Release Date: April 6, 2017 | full report
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The Quarterly Coal Report provides detailed quarterly data on U.S. coal production, exports, and imports. All data for 2015 and prior years are final. All data for 2016 are preliminary.
Highlights for third quarter 2016:
- U.S. coal production during third quarter 2016 totaled 195.1 million short tons. This was 21.6% higher than the previous quarter and 17.6% lower than third quarter 2015. Production in the Western Region, which represented about 58.7% of total U.S. coal production in third quarter 2016, totaled about 114.6 million short tons (15.3% lower than third quarter 2015).
- Third quarter 2016 U.S. coal exports (12.6 million short tons) decreased 11.3% from second quarter 2016 and decreased 26.0% from third quarter 2015. The average price of U.S. coal exports during the third quarter 2016 was $67.24 per short ton. Steam coal exports totaled 3.5 million short tons (16.5% lower than second quarter 2016); metallurgical coal exports totaled 9.1 million short tons (9.8% lower than second quarter 2016)..
- U.S. coal consumption totaled 223.1 million short tons in third quarter 2016; this was 39.5% higher than the 159.9 million short tons reported in second quarter 2016 and 2.8% lower than the 229.4 million short tons reported in third quarter 2015. The electric power sector consumed about 94.3% of the total U.S. coal consumption in third quarter 2016.
- U.S. coal imports in third quarter 2016 totaled 2.7 million short tons. The average price of U.S. coal imports during the third quarter 2016 was $62.70 per short ton. The United States continued to import coal primarily from Colombia (79.7%), Canada (11.8%), and Indonesia (6.2%).
- U.S. coal consumption totaled 223.1 million short tons in third quarter 2016; this was 39.5% higher than the 159.9 million short tons reported in second quarter 2016 and 2.8% lower than the 229.4 million short tons reported in third quarter 2015. The electric power sector consumed about 94.3% of the total U.S. coal consumption in third quarter 2016.
- Third quarter 2016 coal stocks decreased to 197.5 million short tons from 226.2 million short tons at the end of second quarter 2016 (12.7% decrease). Stocks in the electric power sector decreased to 158.2 million short tons from 183.1 million short tons at the end of second quarter 2016 (13.6% decrease).
| Data Tables | Formats | |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| ES1 U.S. Coal Summary Statistics | XLS | |
| ES2 U.S. Coke Summary Statistics | XLS | |
| ES3 Summary Statistics for Coal Refining Plants | XLS | |
| Production | ||
| 1 U.S. Coal Production | XLS | |
| 2 Coal Production by State | XLS | |
| 3 Coke and Breeze Production at Coke Plants | XLS | |
| Export and Imports | ||
| 4 U.S. Coal Exports and Imports | XLS | |
| 5 Average Price of U.S. Coal Exports and Imports | XLS | |
| 6 Quantity and Average Price of U.S. Coal Imports by Origin | XLS | |
| 7 U.S. Coal Exports | XLS | |
| 8 Average Price of U.S. Coal Exports | XLS | |
| 9 U.S. Steam Coal Exports | XLS | |
| 10 Average Price of U.S. Steam Coal Exports | XLS | |
| 11 U.S. Metallurgical Coal Exports | XLS | |
| 12 Average Price of U.S. Metallurgical Coal Exports | XLS | |
| 13 Coal Exports by Customs District | XLS | |
| 14 Steam Coal Exports by Customs District | XLS | |
| 15 Metallurgical Coal Exports by Customs District | XLS | |
| 16 U.S. Coke Exports | XLS | |
| 17 Average Price of U.S. Coke Exports | XLS | |
| 18 U.S. Coal Imports | XLS | |
| 19 Average Price of U.S. Coal Imports | XLS | |
| 20 Coal Imports by Customs District | XLS | |
| 21 U.S. Coke Imports | XLS | |
| 22 Average Price of U.S. Coke Imports | XLS | |
| Receipts and Prices | ||
| 23 Coal Receipts at Coke Plants by Census Division | XLS | |
| 24 Average Price of Coal Receipts at Coke Plants by Census Division | XLS | |
| 25 Open Market Sales and Average Price of Coke and Breeze | XLS | |
| 26 Coal Receipts at Other Industrial Plants by Census Division and State | XLS | |
| 27 Average Price of Coal Receipts at Other Industrial Plants by Census Division and State | XLS | |
| 28 U.S. Coal Receipts at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code | XLS | |
| 29 Average Price of U.S. Coal Receipts at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code | XLS | |
| 30 Coal Receipts at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State | XLS | |
| 31 Average Price of Coal Receipts at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State | PDF> | XLS |
| Consumption | ||
| 32 U.S. Coal Consumption by End-Use Sector | XLS | |
| 33 Coal Carbonized at Coke Plants by Census Division | XLS | |
| 34 Coal Consumption at Other Industrial Plants by Census Division and State | XLS | |
| 35 U.S. Coal Consumption at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code | XLS/td> | |
| 36 Coal Consumption at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State | XLS | |
| Stocks | ||
| 37 U.S. Coal Stocks | XLS | |
| 38 Coal Stocks at Coke Plants by Census Division | XLS> | |
| 39 Coal Stocks at Other Industrial Plants by Census Division and State | PDF> | XLS> |
| 40 U.S. Coal Stocks at Manufacturing Plants by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code | XLS | |
| 41 Coke and Breeze Stocks at Coke Plants by Census Division | PDF> | XLS |
| 42 Coal Stocks at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State | XLS | |
| Quality | ||
| 43 Average Quality of Coal Received at Manufacturing and Coke Plants by Census Division and State | XLS | |
| 44 Average Quality of Coal Received at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State | XLS | |