Thailand's thermal coal (bituminous and sub-bituminous coal) imports in April slumped 44.9% year on year and 41.1% month on month to 1.12 million tonnes, the lowest since February 2022, customs data showed.

Bituminous coal imports reached 458,600 tonnes in April, down 3.36% year on year and 22.18% month on month. The bulk came from Australia at 282,300 tonnes, up 6.37% from 265,400 tonnes imported in the same month a year earlier; shipments from Indonesia stood at 71,100 tonnes, down 65.85% year on year.

Sub-bituminous coal imports totaled 0.66 million tonnes, down 57.58% year on year and 49.62% month on month. Imports from Indonesia reached 0.49 million tonnes, slumping 65.92% on the year, and receipts from Mozambique were 165,000 tonnes, compared with zero a year ago.

Anthracite imports were 939 tonnes, compared with 16,300 tonnes a year ago and 1,731 tonnes a month ago. In the month, the country imported 56,400 tonnes of coking coal, compared with zero from both a year and a month ago.

In January-April, Thailand's thermal coal imports reached 6.59 million tonnes, up 6.82% year on year. Bituminous coal imports reached 2.16 million tonnes, up 13.52% year on year; sub-bituminous coal imports rose 3.82% to 4.43 million tonnes.

The country's coal consumption amounted to 8.24 million tonnes during the first three months of 2023, down 2.49% year on year, official data showed. This included 4.99 million tonnes burned by power generation, up 1.26% year on year. Power generation accounted for 60.6% of the country's total coal use over the period.

(Writing by Rebecca Liu  Editing by Harry Huo)
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