Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$377 million$377M
vs 2010
0.3× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
86%
Busiest portTop port
Ponce, PR

Most imported coal comes from Colombia: 65% of $377 million.

Canada is second at 24%. Coal and coal briquettes.

Where US coal comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $377M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Colombia$244M64.7%
  2. 02Canada$88.7M23.5%
  3. 03Peru$23.9M6.3%
  4. 04United Kingdom$6.9M1.8%
  5. 05Ireland$6.7M1.8%
  6. 06China$6.5M1.7%
  7. 07Hong Kong$106K<0.1%
  8. 08Indonesia$105K<0.1%
  9. 09Australia$102K<0.1%

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US coal imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US coal imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Canada16% → 24%
Peru0.5% → 6.3%
United Kingdom<0.1% → 1.8%
Ireland0% → 1.8%
China0.4% → 1.7%
Hong Kong0% → <0.1%
Australia0.5% → <0.1%
Indonesia6.3% → <0.1%
Colombia74% → 65%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's mined

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Colombia alone sends 65%, and Canada, Peru, the United Kingdom and Ireland add another 33%. North America is the next-largest source region at 24%.

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  1. 01Colombia
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Peru
  4. 04United Kingdom
  5. 05Ireland
  6. 06China
  7. 07Hong Kong
  8. 08Indonesia

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

86% arrives by ship. Most of it enters at Ponce (53%). Sweetgrass and Detroit follow at 14% and 9%.

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  • APonce, PR, off map

Off this map: A Ponce, PR

BCDEF
  1. APonce, PR $198M
  2. BSweetgrass, MT $51.3M
  3. CDetroit, MI $35.1M
  4. DMobile, AL $33.0M
  5. EJacksonville, FL $15.6M
  6. FNew Orleans, LA $13.9M
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the coal is used.

Six states are listed for over $10M each.

  1. 01Indiana$50.6M
  2. 02Michigan$35.1M
  3. 03Alabama$29.4M
  4. 04Florida$17.1M
  5. 05Ohio$13.7M
$10M+$4–10M$1–4M$100K–1MUnder $100K

Counted under HS 2701. How we count.