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Preface
Data presented in the
Quarterly Coal Report
(QCR) are collected and published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration
(EIA) to fulfill data collection and dissemination responsibilities as specified in the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
(Public Law 93-275), as amended.
The
Quarterly Coal Report
(QCR) presents U.S. coal production, exports, imports, receipts, prices, consumption, quality,
stocks, and refined coal data. In addition, the QCR offers U.S. coke production, consumption, stocks, imports, and exports
data. The fourth quarter 2017 QCR includes detailed quarterly coal data for October – December 2017 and aggregated
quarterly historical coal data for 2010 through fourth quarter 2017.
All data for 2016 and prior years are final.All data for 2017 are preliminary.。