Coal - International Coal Usage
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The Annual Energy Review 2003 (2004) reported that world coal production was 1.1 billion short tons in 2002 and accounted for 21% of world energy production. China led the world in coal production, mining just over 1.5 billion short tons, followed by the United States at 1.1 billion short tons. (See Figure 4.8.) Other major producers were India, Australia, Russia, South Africa, Germany, and Poland.
World consumption of coal in 2002 totaled 5.3 billion short tons. Besides being the largest producer, China was
FIGURE 4.8
TABLE 4.4
| Coal exports by country of destination, 1960–2003 | |||||||||||||||
| (Million short tons) | |||||||||||||||
| Europe | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Canada | Brazil | Belgium and Luxembourg | Denmark | France | Germany1 | Italy | Netherlands | Spain | United Kingdom | Other | Total | Japan | Other | Total |
| 1Through 1990, data for Germany are for the former West Germany only. Beginning in 1991, data for Germany are for the unified Germany, i.e., the former East Germany and West Germany. | |||||||||||||||
| (s) = Less than 0.05 million short tons. | |||||||||||||||
| Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. | |||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: "Table 7.4. Coal Exports by Country of Destination, 1960–2003 (Million Short Tons)," in Annual Energy Review 2003, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, September 7, 2004, http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/pdf/aer.pdf (accessed September 28, 2004) | |||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 12.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 17.1 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 38.0 |
| 1961 | 12.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 15.7 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 36.4 |
| 1962 | 12.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | (s) | 0.9 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 3.3 | 0.8 | (s) | 1.8 | 19.1 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 40.2 |
| 1963 | 14.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | (s) | 2.7 | 5.6 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 27.7 | 6.1 | 0.9 | 50.4 |
| 1964 | 14.8 | 1.1 | 2.3 | (s) | 2.2 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 26.0 | 6.5 | 1.1 | 49.5 |
| 1965 | 16.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 | (s) | 2.1 | 4.7 | 9.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | (s) | 2.3 | 25.1 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 51.0 |
| 1966 | 16.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | (s) | 1.6 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 3.2 | 1.2 | (s) | 2.5 | 23.1 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 50.1 |
| 1967 | 15.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 19.4 | 12.2 | 1.0 | 50.1 |
| 1968 | 17.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 0.9 | 51.2 |
| 1969 | 17.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 15.2 | 21.4 | 1.2 | 56.9 |
| 1970 | 19.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 3.2 | (s) | 1.8 | 21.8 | 27.6 | 1.2 | 71.7 |
| 1971 | 18.0 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 16.6 | 19.7 | 1.1 | 57.3 |
| 1972 | 18.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 16.9 | 18.0 | 1.2 | 56.7 |
| 1973 | 16.7 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 14.4 | 19.2 | 1.6 | 53.6 |
| 1974 | 14.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 16.1 | 27.3 | 1.8 | 60.7 |
| 1975 | 17.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 19.0 | 25.4 | 2.6 | 66.3 |
| 1976 | 16.9 | 2.2 | 2.2 | (s) | 3.5 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 19.9 | 18.8 | 2.1 | 60.0 |
| 1977 | 17.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 3.5 | 54.3 |
| 1978 | 15.7 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 2.5 | 40.7 |
| 1979 | 19.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 23.9 | 15.7 | 4.1 | 66.0 |
| 1980 | 17.5 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 7.8 | 2.5 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 41.9 | 23.1 | 6.0 | 91.7 |
| 1981 | 18.2 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 9.7 | 4.3 | 10.5 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 2.3 | 8.8 | 57.0 | 25.9 | 8.7 | 112.5 |
| 1982 | 18.6 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 2.8 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 11.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 2.0 | 7.6 | 51.3 | 25.8 | 7.5 | 106.3 |
| 1983 | 17.2 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 6.4 | 33.1 | 17.9 | 6.1 | 77.8 |
| 1984 | 20.4 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 32.8 | 16.3 | 7.2 | 81.5 |
| 1985 | 16.4 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 10.3 | 45.1 | 15.4 | 9.9 | 92.7 |
| 1986 | 14.5 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 10.4 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 8.4 | 42.6 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 85.5 |
| 1987 | 16.2 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 34.2 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 79.6 |
| 1988 | 19.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 11.1 | 5.1 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 8.5 | 45.1 | 14.1 | 11.3 | 95.0 |
| 1989 | 16.8 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 11.2 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 8.9 | 51.6 | 13.8 | 12.9 | 100.8 |
| 1990 | 15.5 | 5.8 | 8.5 | 3.2 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 9.5 | 58.4 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 105.8 |
| 1991 | 11.2 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 9.5 | 1.7 | 11.3 | 9.6 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 10.4 | 65.5 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 109.0 |
| 1992 | 15.1 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 8.5 | 57.3 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 102.5 |
| 1993 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 6.9 | 37.6 | 11.9 | 11.0 | 74.5 |
| 1994 | 9.2 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 7.3 | 35.8 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 71.4 |
| 1995 | 9.4 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 9.1 | 7.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 48.6 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 88.5 |
| 1996 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 9.8 | 47.2 | 10.5 | 14.2 | 90.5 |
| 1997 | 15.0 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 41.3 | 8.0 | 11.8 | 83.5 |
| 1998 | 20.7 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 33.8 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 78.0 |
| 1999 | 19.8 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 22.5 | 5.0 | 6.7 | 58.5 |
| 2000 | 18.8 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 25.0 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 58.5 |
| 2001 | 17.6 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 5.4 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 20.8 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 48.7 |
| 2002 | 16.7 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 15.6 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 39.6 |
| 2003 | 20.8 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 15.1 | (s) | 3.6 | 43.0 |
FIGURE 4.9
also the largest consumer of coal in 2002, using more than 1.4 billion short tons, followed by the United States at 1.1 billion short tons. (See Figure 4.9.) Other major consumers included India, Germany, Russia, and Japan.
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