U.S. imports of Coal and Related Fuels (End-Use 10100) totaled $131.9M in August 2026, imported from 58 countries.
Importers of Coal and Related Fuels paid $3.5M in duties in August 2026, an average duty rate of 2.75% — duty actually collected as a share of the imports that cleared customs, not the published tariff schedule. Coal and Related Fuels imports of $131.9M in August 2026 ran 22% above the year-to-date monthly average of $108.1M.
Last updated: August 2026 dataBituminous coal, anthracite, lignite, and related solid fuels imported into the US fall under end-use code 10100 on the import side, serving metallurgical (coking) and steam (thermal) end-use markets. Metallurgical coal quality — measured by coking strength, ash content, and sulfur — commands a significant price premium over thermal grades and feeds domestic steel production. Import volumes in this category are relatively modest given the US's large domestic coal resource base, and flows tend to reflect regional logistics economics or specific metallurgical blend requirements rather than structural supply dependence.
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8.8K import shipments a month
End-Use codes describe different products on the import and export sides. Cross-direction exports are not shown for this slug.
Metallurgical (coking) coal must meet strict quality thresholds for volatile matter, ash content, sulfur, and coke strength after reaction (CSR) to be suitable for blast furnace use. Thermal coal is evaluated primarily on calorific value and sulfur content for combustion. These two streams have separate buyer bases — steel mills versus power generators — and very different pricing dynamics.
US coal imports are typically driven by specific metallurgical blend requirements (certain low-volatile or high-fluidity coals not available domestically in sufficient quantity), geographic logistics (it can be cheaper to import into Atlantic Coast ports than to rail coal from Appalachia or the Powder River Basin), or short-term supply disruptions at domestic mines.
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Commodity 10100 · $131.9M of $63.1B
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Imports · August 2026
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Canada and Spain together supply 56% of it.
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12-mo low · imports
Low · free accountOver the twelve months to August 2026, the U.S. imported $1.4B of Coal and Related Fuels.
Through August 2026. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.