Japan accounted for 19.1 percent of global coal imports based on value in 2023, making it the world's largest coal importing nation. Meanwhile, China came in second place, and was responsible for almost 19 percent of the world's coal imports. The U.S. dollar value of Japan's coal imports amounted to nearly 42 billion U.S. dollars that year, while China’s coal imports were valued at 41.4 billion U.S. dollars.
Distribution of coal imports worldwide in 2023, by country
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