In the first 40 days of 2023, China tripled its coal imports from Russia through the main Zabaikalsk-Manchuria border checkpoint. About it on the Telegram channel Wrote Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Harbin.
“In this period, energy supply increased by 214% and exceeded 438,000 tons. In total, China bought 6.2 thousand wagons of coal from Russia.
According to the Consulate General, coal from Russia is used by China for power generation in the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and the eastern part of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
On February 8, Kommersant, referring to the data received, WroteCoal export prices in the Far East ports and the European side of Russia began to stabilize. The gap between thermal coal prices in Far Eastern ports and the European part of the Russian Federation is narrowing against the backdrop of falling coal prices in Asia.
Prior to this, Kommersant, citing Alexei Shilo, Deputy Director General of Russian Railways, wrote that at the end of 2022, coal supplies passing through the North-West ports began to recover on the background of the isolation of European markets.