Coal for cement: Present and future trends
At the same time, steam coal imports grew by 2.11% to 1.13Bnt and coking coal imports grew by 7.8% to 293Mt. There was a 40.1Mt 'balancing item' for world coal trade statistics in 2014 due to different import and export methodologies and the fact that Australia, India and Japan are reported for the fiscal year instead of the calendar year.