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Where does India get its coal? Import sources 2024

In 2024, India imported $31.9 billion of coal (263.7 million tonnes), 18% of the world total. Its main sources were Australia (33%), Indonesia (26%) and Russia (12%). India was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of coal.

Summary

Value
$31.9billion
Tonnes
263.7million tonnes
Share of world total
18%
World rank
2nd
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
Australia10.5Tonnes: 58,242,992USD per tonne: $18032.8%Sea
Indonesia8.4Tonnes: 110,465,674USD per tonne: $7626.4%Sea
Russia3.9Tonnes: 26,940,778USD per tonne: $14612.3%Sea
United States3.7Tonnes: 21,362,120USD per tonne: $17211.5%Sea
South Africa3.3Tonnes: 32,772,324USD per tonne: $9910.2%Sea
Mozambique1.2Tonnes: 8,025,992USD per tonne: $1493.8%Sea
Canada0.58Tonnes: 2,258,221USD per tonne: $2581.8%Sea
Colombia0.17Tonnes: 1,590,226USD per tonne: $1090.54%Sea
New Zealand0.05Tonnes: 261,238USD per tonne: $2070.17%Sea
Tanzania0.05Tonnes: 488,864USD per tonne: $1100.17%Sea
Kazakhstan0.03Tonnes: 983,646USD per tonne: $330.1%Sea
Ukraine0.03Tonnes: 230,280USD per tonne: $1320.1%Sea
China0.01Tonnes: 24,689USD per tonne: $4400.03%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.01Tonnes: 72,241USD per tonne: $1000.02%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 4,118USD per tonne: $4430.01%Sea
Saudi Arabia< 0.01Tonnes: 6,780USD per tonne: $1820%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 6,029USD per tonne: $1650%Sea
Bahrain< 0.01Tonnes: 3,843USD per tonne: $1390%Sea
Oman< 0.01Tonnes: 914USD per tonne: $1730%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 213USD per tonne: $6540%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2016

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

  • Australia 10.5
  • Indonesia 8.4
  • Russia 3.9
  • United States 3.7
  • South Africa 3.3

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia110.5
Indonesia0.118.4
Russia03.9
United States< 0.013.7
South Africa0.063.3

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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