Of the total sales, 16.87 million tonnes were consumed domestically and 727,000 tonnes were exported. Coal inventories of the sector were around 7.35 million tonnes, down 1.66 million tonnes from the beginning of the year. In June, Vinacomin aims to produce 3.4 million tonnes of coal and sell 4 million tonnes, of which 3.77 tonnes will be sold to domestic customers and 230,000 tonnes exported, thus reducing the coal inventories to under 7 million tonnes. The group has revised its coal sale target from 36 million tonnes to 38 million tonnes in 2018. Of which, mining contracted 7.6% while processing and manufacturing increased 9.1% and electricity production and distribution expanded 11.2%.