Australian Coal Exports Down in 2025

Coal exports from Australia, the second largest seaborne exporter have been down so far. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Banchero Costa said that “in Jan-Jun 2025, global seaborne coal loadings declined by -7.9% y-o-y to 619.2 mln t (excluding cabotage), based on vessel tracking data from AXS Marine. In Jan-Jun 2025, exports from Indonesia declined by -14.1% y-o-y to 220.1 mln tonnes, whilst from Australia were down by -5.6% y-o-y to 162.7 mln t. From Russia exports declined by -1.0% y-o-y to 81.6 mln t in Jan-Jun 2025, from the USA declined by -6.9% y-o-y to 40.6 mln t, from South Africa by +5.5% y-o-y to 31.9 mln t. Shipments from Colombia declined by -28.2% y-o-y to 22.1 mln t in JanJun 2025, from Canada up by +1.2% y-o-y to 24.9 mln t, and from Mozambique down by -8.4% t-o-y to 9.6 mln t. Seaborne coal imports into Mainland China declined by -14.4% y-o-y to 167.3 mln t in Jan-Jun 2025. Imports to India declined by -2.7% yo-y to 122.9 mln t, to Japan declined by -4.0% y-o-y to 70.7 mln t in JanJun 2025, to South Korea down by -13.6% y-o-y to 46.9 mln t. To the EU imports were down by -1.9% y-o-y to 29.7 mln tonnes in Jan-Jun 2025, whilst to Vietnam volumes…