PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coal: Imports and Exports (16 June 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much coal in (a) tonnes and (b) cash terms the UK has (i) imported and (ii) exported in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
Asked by:
Mr Richard Holden (Conservative)
Answer
Information on UK coal trade is published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) table G.2.
Year | Coal import volume, thousand tonnes | Coal export volume, thousand tonnes | Coal import value (c.i.f.), £m | Coal export value (f.o.b.), £m |
2009 | 36,504 | 646 | 2,635 | 77 |
2010 | 23,579 | 715 | 1,850 | 86 |
2011 | 31,966 | 986 | 2,987 | 159 |
2012 | 42,235 | 726 | 3,133 | 110 |
2013 | 45,523 | 843 | 2,988 | 129 |
2014 | 39,386 | 617 | 2,323 | 84 |
2015 | 22,517 | 486 | 1,255 | 60 |
2016 | 8,679 | 638 | 621 | 67 |
2017 | 8,205 | 488 | 924 | 60 |
2018 | 10,128 | 701 | 1,153 | 119 |
Source: H.M. Revenue and Customs
In this table coal includes steam coal, coking coal, coke and anthracite. Data for 2019 will be published on 30 July 2020.
Answered by:
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative)
22 June 2020
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