In 2019 Kazakhstan exported 28.1 million tons of coal, down by 3.8% YoY.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development, the export decrease is due to the drop of coal demand on foreign markets.
Exports to Russia went down by 4.1%, to 21.01 million tons, and to far foreign countries – by 23%, to 4.15 million tons.
Deliveries to Kyrgyzstan increased by 2.5%, to 933.2 thousand tons, to Uzbekistan – 2.7-fold, to 923 thousand tons, to Ukraine – 2.1-fold, to 775.5 thousand tons, and to Belarus – by 21.1%, to 353 thousand tons.
Last year Kazakhstan extracted 115.44 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)