Vietnam’s coal imports in terms of volume fell by 23.7 percent, and in value by 18.3 percent in August over July, according to Vietnam’s General Department of Customs. Coal imports for the year, however, are still up by 32.7 percent in terms of value and 16 percent in terms of volume, year over year. In total, Vietnam has imported 45.9 tons of coal for US$5.72 billion.
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Vietnam’s coal imports by source country, value, August 2024
| August | YTD | |||
| Source Country | Tons | Value US$ | Tons | Value US$ |
| Australia | 1,890,243 | 278,889,338 | 12,689,354 | 2,005,026,742 |
| Indonesia | 1,513,917 | 134,319,482 | 17,873,780 | 1,677,630,981 |
| Russia | 476,343 | 72,049,500 | 4,117,155 | 728,175,350 |
| Laos | 142,957 | 10,514,261 | 1,410,071 | 93,484,400 |
| China | 11,397 | 3,196,610 | 317,072 | 92,417,712 |
| Japan | 5,307 | 1,478,817 | 13,235 | 3,774,009 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 31,943 | 2,952,907 |
| Other | 1,339,033 | 184,412,529 | 9,406,772 | 1,120,042,752 |
| Total | 5,379,197 | 684,860,537 | 45,859,382 | 5,723,504,853 |