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Quarterly Coal Report

Quarterly

The Quarterly Coal Report (QCR) provides detailed quarterly data on U.S. coal production, exports, imports, receipts, prices, consumption, quality, stocks, and refined coal. The report also provides data on U.S. coke production, consumption, stocks, imports, and exports. All data for 2021 and previous years are final. All data for 2022 are preliminary.

Highlights for the second quarter of 2022

  • U.S. coal production during the second quarter of 2022 totaled 145.7 million short tons (MMst), which was 2.2% lower than the previous quarter and 2.1% higher than the second quarter of 2021. Production in the Western region, which represented about 54.6% of total U.S. coal production in the second quarter of 2022, totaled about 79.5 MMst (0.7% lower than the second quarter of 2021).
  • U.S. coal exports for the second quarter of 2022 (23 MMst) increased 13.9% from the first quarter of 2022. The average price of U.S. coal exports during the second quarter of 2022 was $231.68 per short ton.
  • The United States continued to import coal primarily from Colombia (59.4%), Canada (33.4%), and Indonesia (3.6%). No imports from Australia were recorded for the second quarter of 2022. U.S. coal imports in the second quarter of 2022 totaled 1.6 MMst. The average price of U.S. coal imports during the second quarter of 2022 was $103.54 per short ton.
  • Steam coal exports totaled 9.9 MMst (2.3% higher than the first quarter of 2022). Metallurgical coal exports totaled 13.1 MMst (24.7% higher than the first quarter of 2022).
  • U.S. coal consumption totaled 118 MMst in the second quarter of 2022, which was 11.7% lower than the 133.7 MMst reported in the first quarter of 2022 and 5.3% lower than the 124.6 MMst reported in the second quarter of 2021. The electric power sector accounted for about 91% of the total U.S. coal consumption in the second quarter of 2022.
  • In the second quarter of 2022, coal stocks grew to 119.8 MMst from 116.8 MMst at the end of the first quarter of 2022 (a 2.6% increase). Stocks in the electric power sector increased to 87.3 MMst from 86.2 MMst at the end of the first quarter of 2022.
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