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U.S. Department of Energy
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Coal distribution, January-March 1987. [By coal producing district, destination, etc]

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6206695
The Nation's coal industry produced 221.7 million short tons from January through March 1987, 2.4% below the record first quarter output reached in 1986. The amount of coal distributed to both domestic and foreign markets during the period totaled 217.0 million short tons, a decrease of 2.6% from the level in the first quarter of 1986. During the first quarter of 1987: coal shipments to each domestic consumer sector dropped below those a year earlier; coal exports fell to a 5-year first-quarter low; coal stocks at producers and distributors totaled 36.6 million short tons on March 31, 1987, 13.9% more than on December 31, 1986; coal shipments from Districts 9 and 15 in the Interior Region and District 20 in the Western Region reached a 5-year first-quarter high; and of the nine Census divisions, only the South Atlantic received more coal than in the comparable period of 1986. 6 figs., 33 tabs.
Research Organization:
USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels
OSTI ID:
6206695
Report Number(s):
DOE/EIA-0125(87/1Q); ON: DE87012642
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English