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## [alpha] INSIGHT - CHINA - Chinese coal imports - WW steel Production - (VIA) CN65

Released on 2012-02-29 14:00 GMT

Email-ID | 953563
Date | 2011-04-21 16:50:32
From | ben.preisler@stratfor.com
To | alpha@stratfor.com
List-Name | alpha@stratfor.com

SOURCE: CN65
ATTRIBUTION: Australian contact connected with the government and
natural resources
SOURCE DESCRIPTION: Former Australian Senator
PUBLICATION: Yes, no attribution
SOURCE RELIABILITY: A
ITEM CREDIBILITY: 3
SPECIAL HANDLING: None
SOURCE HANDLER: Jen
Coal imports into China remain at low level
After falling to a 23-month low of 6.8 Mt in February, China's coal
imports in March climbed by 2.3 Mt month-on-month to 9.1 Mt, according
to latest data from China Customs Statistics. This is, however, still
6.1 Mt or 40% lower year-on-year, mainly due to unfavourable price
differentials between domestic and international supplies. Total
imports in the 1q11 of 32.4 Mt were 11.1 Mt lower than the previous
quarter, compared with 44.4 Mt in the corresponding period last year.
Do not forget that China has considerable logistical problems moving her
domestic coal 'internally' to end users which periodically results in
her being
forced to increase imports to maintain supplies to her power stations
and steel
mills, which is why China's imports for coal remain 'lumpy'.
China is fast developing her large Mongolian coal supplies, which I am
told
includes cokaing coal, however once again logistic problems 'bottle
neck'
the supply chain to end users and as vast as these coal supplies are
expected to
be they can only sumpliment her needs, they cannot replace them. As
China's
demand for energy (coal fired) and steel production (coking coal)
increases, Her
overall demand for imported coal 'on average' can be expected to
increase.
Global steel production hit a new record
World crude steel production rose 7.0% year-on-year to a new monthly
record of 129.3 Mt in March, according to data from the World Steel
Association. Total global output in the 1q11 was 371.5 Mt, up 8.8%
from the year-ago level. Asia contributed 64% of total production in
the first three months of the year, at 237.3 Mt, with an increase of
9.1% year-on-year. January-March production in Europe was 6.9% higher
at 45.6 Mt while the US produced 7.1% more year-on-year.
This simply emphasises the real problem for steel producers and end
users.
The increasing WW demand for iron ore and coking coal continues to
outpace WW
ability to physically mine and export it and is the one fact that will
sustain a
rising trend in both iron ore and coal prices at the expense of dry bulk
freight
which is hugely over supplied as compared to maximum possible exports.
--
Benjamin Preisler
+216 22 73 23 19