Australian
Black Coal Exports
 Australia's largest
commodity export...
Australia's black coal exports were worth around $A22.5 billion in 2006-07, a decrease of about 8% on the record $A24.5 billion figure for 2005-06.
Black coal remains Australia's largest commodity export, representing around 19 per cent of Australia's total commodity exports in 2005-06 - see chart below left.
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Source: ABARE Australian Commodities, June Qtr 2005. s = ABARE estimate.
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Source: IEA Key World Energy Statistics - 2004 and 2005 editions.
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 World leader in the global coal trade...
Total world trade in hard coal in 2004-05 was 766 million tonnes - comprising 566 Mt of thermal (steaming) coal and 200 Mt of metallurgical (coking) coal .
Australia maintained its position as the world's largest coal exporter with exports of 233 Mt in 2005-06, or 30% of the world total - see chart above right and right.
In terms of thermal and metallurgical coal markets, Australia's share in 2004 represented 20% and 60% respectively of total world trade.
 Markets around the globe...
As the world's largest coal exporter, Australia supplies markets in more than 35 countries around the world.
Major markets are Japan (44%) and other Asian economies, which together account for just over 80% of Australian coal exports.
Significant tonnages are also exported to Europe (12%) and South America (5%).
Further details here...
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