RI's H1 coal sales reach 45.77m tons

RI's H1 coal sales reach 45.77m tons

JAKARTA: Indonesia exported 45.77 million metric tons of coal in the January through June period, Indonesia's Central Statistics Bureau said.

The shipments were valued at US$1.06 billion at Indonesian ports, the bureau said. The bureau said the January to June figures were the latest available.

Indonesia sold 89.79 million tons of coal last year, the statistics office said. It did not give a comparative six-month figure for 2003.

Indonesia is the largest coal producer in the Asia Pacific after China, Australia and India, according to estimates by London-based BP Plc. Most of Indonesia's output is thermal coal, used to generate electricity.

PT Bumi Resources, Indonesia's largest coal exporter, exported 31.2 million tons of coal last year and targets overseas sales of 40 million tons for this year. The company sells its coal to customers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Japan and the U.S. -- Bloomberg