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Who buys Canada’s coal? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Canada exported $8 billion of coal (37.2 million tonnes), 4.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were Japan (27%), China (25%) and South Korea (24%). Canada was the world’s 6th-largest exporter of coal.

Summary

Value
$8billion
Tonnes
37.2million tonnes
Share of world total
4.5%
World rank
6th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Japan2.1Tonnes: 9,376,123USD per tonne: $22826.8%Sea
China2Tonnes: 9,528,573USD per tonne: $21225.4%Sea
South Korea1.9Tonnes: 9,898,550USD per tonne: $19324%Sea
India0.58Tonnes: 2,258,221USD per tonne: $2587.3%Sea
Taiwan0.39Tonnes: 1,866,333USD per tonne: $2074.9%Sea
United States0.19Tonnes: 665,588USD per tonne: $2912.4%Sea
Germany0.14Tonnes: 551,914USD per tonne: $2621.8%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.1Tonnes: 637,926USD per tonne: $1641.3%Sea
Slovakia0.1Tonnes: 335,181USD per tonne: $2901.2%Sea
Finland0.08Tonnes: 388,147USD per tonne: $2040.99%Sea
Poland0.07Tonnes: 370,495USD per tonne: $1820.84%Sea
Malaysia0.05Tonnes: 144,938USD per tonne: $3720.68%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.05Tonnes: 398,881USD per tonne: $1310.66%Sea
Vietnam0.05Tonnes: 296,500USD per tonne: $1570.58%Sea
Ukraine0.02Tonnes: 78,403USD per tonne: $2570.25%Sea
Chile0.02Tonnes: 45,745USD per tonne: $3650.21%Sea
Sweden0.02Tonnes: 140,902USD per tonne: $1170.21%Sea
Brazil0.02Tonnes: 75,809USD per tonne: $2000.19%Sea
Indonesia0.01Tonnes: 57,151USD per tonne: $1500.11%Sea
Mexico0.01Tonnes: 49,498USD per tonne: $1390.09%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Japan has been its main destination since 2022

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • Japan 2.1
  • China 2
  • South Korea 1.9
  • India 0.58
  • Taiwan 0.39

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Japan1.12.1
China02
South Korea0.321.9
India00.58
Taiwan0.060.39

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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