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Where does Vietnam get its coal? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Vietnam imported $5 billion of coal (54 million tonnes), 2.8% of the world total. Its main sources were Australia (50%), Indonesia (35%) and South Africa (8%). Vietnam was the world’s 6th-largest importer of coal.

Summary

Value
$5billion
Tonnes
54million tonnes
Share of world total
2.8%
World rank
6th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 17 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Australia2.5Tonnes: 17,752,330USD per tonne: $14149.7%Sea
Indonesia1.8Tonnes: 27,188,660USD per tonne: $6635.5%Sea
South Africa0.41Tonnes: 4,732,522USD per tonne: $788.1%Sea
Mozambique0.26Tonnes: 3,632,940USD per tonne: $715.1%Sea
Canada0.05Tonnes: 296,500USD per tonne: $1570.93%Sea
United States0.02Tonnes: 174,614USD per tonne: $1270.44%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 7,736USD per tonne: $5160.08%Sea
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 63,170USD per tonne: $520.07%Sea
Philippines< 0.01Tonnes: 84,241USD per tonne: $360.06%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 59,503USD per tonne: $480.06%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 27USD per tonne: $3,0660%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 62USD per tonne: $8550%Sea
China< 0.01Tonnes: 96USD per tonne: $4950%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 273USD per tonne: $1680%Sea
Peru< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $2,9450%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $2,9000%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Australia has been its main source since 2015

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

  • Australia 2.5
  • Indonesia 1.8
  • South Africa 0.41
  • Mozambique 0.26
  • Canada 0.05

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Australia02.5
Indonesia01.8
South Africa00.41
Mozambique00.26
Canada00.05

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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