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The trade balance is the difference between exports and imports. The balance of a net exporter appears as a negative value (-). The balance of geographic and geopolitical zones is simply the sum of the trade balance of all the countries.

Coal and lignite represent all mineral solid fuels. Their calorific values vary very much from hard coal to lignite (national average coefficients are used).

Sources

International sources

APEC
Asian Development Bank
Cedigaz
EURELECTRIC (Unipede)
Euracoal
Eurogas
Eurostat - Europa
IEA
OAPEC
OLADE
OPEC
UCTE
UN-ECE gas center
World Coal Institute

National sources

Periodicals

BIP, Bulletin de l'industrie pétrolière
DOE EIA, International
CEDIGAZ, News report
DOE/EIA, Monthly Energy Review
EDMC, Energy Trend
ENERPRESSE
IEA, Energy balances of OECD countries
IEA, Monthly Oil Market Report
IEA, Oil, Gas, Coal & Electricity Quarterly Statistics
KEI, Korea Energy Review Monthly
Missions Economiques, Fiches de synthèse
Petroleum Economist

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Coal and lignite balance of trade

In OECD countries, dependency on coal imports lessened by 26% during 2009 since imports scaled down by 12% and exports reduced at a slower pace

. Imports of

coal decreased by 14% in Europe and by 40% in the USA

. OECD countries however accounted for 55% of world's total imports of coal.

The United States experienced a decline of its net exporter position of coal

and lignite as its exports also reduced by 35% during the year. In Japan, dependency on oil imports reduced by 16% in 2009. China became a net importer of coal in 2009: imports of coal increased threefold while exports continued to shrink. Broadly, in Asia, both a rapid growth of imports and decreasing exports of coal resulted in a 33% deterioration in the region's position of net importer of coal in 2009.

Australia remained the world's largest exporter (28% of the total)

and contributed to an improvement in the net exporter position of the Pacific area in 2009.

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