Coal exports and port development: a technical memorandum. [USA; Coal production and exports; 1945 to 1980]

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5380799

This technical memorandum addresses four major issues which are important to Federal policy debates currently before Congress: (1) estimating the potential US coal export market; (2) development of foreign trade policy; (3) the Federal role in dredging harbors; and (4) the outlook for alternative technologies. This analysis indicates that sizable increases in future US coal exports are achievable if the Federal Government and the private sector complement the efforts of each in encouraging these exports and if present trends are not drastically altered by developments in other exporting and importing countries. Without a coherent, positive policy, the United States could lose a substantial share of the future coal export market.

• Research Organization: Office of Technology Assessment (U.S. Congress), Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 5380799
• Report Number(s): PB-81-203358; OTA-TM-O-8; ON: DE82903081
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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