In January-September 2021, Ukraine’s coal imports surged to 14.5 mio t (+1.8 mio t or +14% y-o-y).
Ukraine received 10.8 mio t or 75% of its coal imports from Russia, 2.5 mio t or 17% from Kazakhstan and 1.2 mio t or 8% from the US.
On June 15, 2021, the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy called on coal-fired local power plants to boost coal imports to accumulate over 3.0 mio t of coal in stocks in the run-up to heating season. Currently, Ukraine’s overall coal reserves decreased to 0.8 mio t (-0.2 mio t to September 15, 2021). Coal inventories at Ukrainian power plants remain at critically low levels, which are 2.2 mio t less than the volumes scheduled by the energy ministry to pass through the 6-months heating season.
In 2020, Ukraine imported 17 mio t of coal (-20% to 2019).
The Coal Hub is an online platform for sharing analysis and information about the global coal market more info
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter (each Monday) with new coal market reports, presentations & analysis.
By signing up, I agree to our TOS and Privacy Policy.
© 2020 TheCoalHub | All Rights Reserved
