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Where does the Philippines get its coal? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the Philippines imported $3.3 billion of coal (39.3 million tonnes), 1.8% of the world total. Indonesia sold 98% of the total, followed by Vietnam (1%) and Australia (0.3%). The Philippines was the world’s 12th-largest importer of coal.

Summary

Value
$3.3billion
Tonnes
39.3million tonnes
Share of world total
1.8%
World rank
12th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 12 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Indonesia3.2Tonnes: 39,029,233USD per tonne: $8298.4%Sea
Vietnam0.04Tonnes: 164,973USD per tonne: $2461.2%Sea
Australia0.01Tonnes: 91,905USD per tonne: $1090.31%Sea
China< 0.01Tonnes: 4,421USD per tonne: $2040.03%Sea
South Africa< 0.01Tonnes: 1,233USD per tonne: $3620.01%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 247USD per tonne: $4000%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 232USD per tonne: $3430%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 144USD per tonne: $4530%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 10USD per tonne: $2,8410%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 6USD per tonne: $1,6510%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $4120%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Indonesia has been its main source since 2000

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

  • Indonesia 3.2
  • Vietnam 0.04
  • Australia 0.01
  • China < 0.01
  • South Africa < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Indonesia0.023.2
Vietnam00.04
Australia0.010.01
China0.01< 0.01
South Africa0< 0.01

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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