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Who buys the United States’ coal? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United States exported $18.8 billion of coal (108.3 million tonnes), 10.6% of the world total. Its main destinations were India (20%), Japan (12%) and China (10%). The United States was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of coal.

Summary

Value
$18.8billion
Tonnes
108.3million tonnes
Share of world total
10.6%
World rank
4th
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
India3.7Tonnes: 21,362,120USD per tonne: $17219.5%Sea
Japan2.3Tonnes: 12,016,557USD per tonne: $19412.4%Sea
China1.9Tonnes: 12,092,407USD per tonne: $1549.9%Sea
Brazil1.5Tonnes: 7,169,625USD per tonne: $2118%Sea
Germany1.5Tonnes: 6,799,356USD per tonne: $2187.9%Sea
Morocco1.3Tonnes: 11,526,911USD per tonne: $1157%Sea
Canada0.61Tonnes: 3,810,191USD per tonne: $1613.3%Sea
South Korea0.6Tonnes: 4,521,652USD per tonne: $1333.2%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.59Tonnes: 4,008,148USD per tonne: $1483.2%Sea
Turkey0.55Tonnes: 2,637,346USD per tonne: $2082.9%Sea
Egypt0.47Tonnes: 3,150,505USD per tonne: $1492.5%Sea
Indonesia0.42Tonnes: 2,442,367USD per tonne: $1742.3%Sea
Italy0.41Tonnes: 1,710,258USD per tonne: $2422.2%Sea
France0.26Tonnes: 1,136,687USD per tonne: $2281.4%Sea
Slovakia0.23Tonnes: 895,351USD per tonne: $2601.2%Sea
Spain0.22Tonnes: 979,623USD per tonne: $2211.2%Sea
Malaysia0.21Tonnes: 842,839USD per tonne: $2471.1%Sea
Croatia0.19Tonnes: 1,131,392USD per tonne: $1691%Sea
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.19Tonnes: 693,469USD per tonne: $2711%Sea
Poland0.17Tonnes: 783,451USD per tonne: $2180.91%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

India has been its main destination since 2022

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

  • India 3.7
  • Japan 2.3
  • China 1.9
  • Brazil 1.5
  • Germany 1.5

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
India< 0.013.7
Japan0.652.3
China< 0.011.9
Brazil0.361.5
Germany0.151.5

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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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