Starting the second week of August, Russian coal imports will be banned in the European Union, part of wide-ranging sanctions on Moscow. The Netherlands, Italy, France, Spain, Denmark, Poland, Germany, and Ukraine have received coal from RBCT so far this year. It was the fourth top recipient of RBCT coal, accounting for 5.76% of total volumes. France's coal imports from RBCT jumped nearly seven-fold, from just 68,005 tonnes over the whole of last year to 464,432 tonnes so far this year. Japan, which has also said it would ban Russian coal imports, received 388,249 tonnes of coal from RBCT since January, nearly double the tonnage it bought last year.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 15, 2022 08:09 UTC