WASHINGTON: Colombia exported a record 88.10 million mt of thermal coal in 2016, rising 9% year on year, data from Colombian shipping agent Deep Blue showed late Monday. The largest taker of Colombian thermal coal during the year was the Netherlands at 17.26 million mt, although the volume edged 1% lower than in 2015.
Turkey was sent 15.91 million mt in 2016, jumping 38% from the previous year. Other countries that saw noticeable year-on-year gains in 2016 were Chile at 5.12 million mt, up 16%, as well as India and South Korea at 2.48 million mt and 1.95 million mt respectively. Both India and South Korea received no Colombian thermal coal in 2015.
