Coal shipments from Australia's Gladstone port rose 4.2% in April from a year earlier to 4.9 million tonnes, data from the Gladstone Ports Corporation showed.
Exports were up slightly from March despite a dip in cargoes to top buyer China, as shipments climbed to other major Asian customers Japan and India.
Gladstone port, the world's fourth-largest coal exporting terminal, shipped 1.85 million tonnes to Japan in April, down 8.5% year on year but up 35.6% from March.
India received 1.01 million tonnes, up 4% on the year and 13.7% on the month. But exports to mainland China fell 17.1% from March to 0.76 million tonnes, compared with no shipments in April 2022.
Around 70% of Gladstone coal is metallurgical coal, used in steelmaking, with 30% thermal coal for power.
Year-to-date exports were 18.27 million tonnes to end-April, down 10.5% from a year earlier.
(Writing by Alex Guo Editing by Harry Huo)
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