(Yicai Global) June 15 -- China’s coal production fell by 0.1 percent annually to 320 million tons in May, according to official data.
The figure for January through May was up 0.9 percent at 1.47 billion tons, figures from the National Bureau of Statistics show. Coal output was up 6 percent in April.

China imported 22.1 million tons of coal in May, down 19.7 percent from a year earlier. It bought 149 million tons from abroad in the first five months, up 16.8 percent.

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