Coal stocks at China's four major Bohai Sea ports totaled 16.359 million mt Sunday, down 654,000 mt or 3.8% week on week, Qinhuangdao Port said Tuesday.
Coal stocks at Qinhuangdao Port fell 11.2% week on week to 5.24 million mt, at Jingtang Port fell 6.8% to 3.98 million mt and at Caofeidian Port fell 4.2% week on week to 4.31 million mt. Stocks at Tianjin Port rose 20.9% week on week 2.83 million mt.
Meanwhile, coal stocks at southern China's Fangcheng Port, a key facility for imports of Australian and South African thermal coal, stood at 5.13 million mt Sunday, up from 4.9 million mt a week earlier, according to a port source. The rise was due to an increase in coal imports, the source added.