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Where does Germany get its coal? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Germany imported $4.3 billion of coal (20.4 million tonnes), 2.4% of the world total. Its main sources were Australia (44%), the United States (35%) and the Netherlands (7%). Germany was the world’s 9th-largest importer of coal.

Summary

Value
$4.3billion
Tonnes
20.4million tonnes
Share of world total
2.4%
World rank
9th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia1.9Tonnes: 7,441,706USD per tonne: $25344%Sea
United States1.5Tonnes: 6,799,356USD per tonne: $21834.6%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.3Tonnes: 1,819,881USD per tonne: $1647%Sea
Canada0.14Tonnes: 551,914USD per tonne: $2623.4%Sea
South Africa0.11Tonnes: 1,504,736USD per tonne: $732.6%Sea
Colombia0.11Tonnes: 1,140,047USD per tonne: $942.5%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.05Tonnes: 212,290USD per tonne: $2481.2%Sea
Russia0.05Tonnes: 138,303USD per tonne: $3751.2%Sea
Kazakhstan0.04Tonnes: 293,847USD per tonne: $1491%Sea
Poland0.02Tonnes: 116,144USD per tonne: $1860.5%Sea
Mozambique0.02Tonnes: 71,003USD per tonne: $2360.39%Sea
France0.02Tonnes: 64,461USD per tonne: $2400.36%Sea
Norway0.01Tonnes: 50,567USD per tonne: $2560.3%Sea
Peru0.01Tonnes: 42,500USD per tonne: $2910.29%Sea
China0.01Tonnes: 19,072USD per tonne: $4240.19%Sea
Vietnam0.01Tonnes: 12,336USD per tonne: $4490.13%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 16,830USD per tonne: $2220.09%Sea
Denmark< 0.01Tonnes: 29,846USD per tonne: $1250.09%Sea
Namibia< 0.01Tonnes: 5,306USD per tonne: $4820.06%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 10,104USD per tonne: $1640.04%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2023

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

  • Australia 1.9
  • United States 1.5
  • Netherlands 0.3
  • Canada 0.14
  • South Africa 0.11

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia0.061.9
United States0.151.5
Netherlands0.040.3
Canada0.010.14
South Africa0.180.11

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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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