UK: Coal imports from the U.S. 2002-2021

Coal imports to the United Kingdom (UK) from the United States stood at approximately 1.1 million metric tons in 2021. Over the past decade, imports of coal into the UK from the United States have decreased significantly, falling from a peak of 13.7 million metric tons in 2013.

Coal imported in to the United Kingdom (UK) from the United States from 2002 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons)

Characteristic	Import volume in thousand metric tons
2021	1,127
2020	991
2019	1,769
2018	3,557
2017	2,352
2016	1,433
2015	5,018
2014	11,183
2013	13,666
2012	10,791
2011	6,334
2010	4,625
2009	4,722
2008	4,280
2007	2,499
2006	2,122
2005	1,550
2004	2,087
2003	1,193
2002	1,548

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Release date

December 2022

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Region

United Kingdom, United States

Survey time period

2002 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Totals obtained by combining imports of steam coal, coking coal and anthracite.
This statistic using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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