(Yicai Global) May 15 -- China’s coal production widened by 6 percent to 3.2 million tons in April from a year earlier, according to official data.

The pace of expansion was 3.6 percentage points narrower when compared to March 2020 and March 2019, as data from the National Bureau of Statistics show.

From January to April, output rose by 1.3 percent to 1.2 billion tons from a year ago.

In April, China imported coal 301 million tons of coal, up 22.3 percent from a year earlier. In the first four months of this year, it bought 130 million tons from abroad, rising 26.9 percent.

Editor: Emmi Laine