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Coal prices - from 1988
This line chart shows the Coal Marker Price (Northwest Europe), the price of US coal receipts at steam-electric utility plants, Japan coking coal import price and Japan steam coal import price for the years 1988 to 2008. Coal prices are measured in $/tonne (US dollars per tonne). The Japan coking coal import price and Japan steam coal import price are both calculated as cif which is calculated by adding cost, insurance and freight (average prices).

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Coal prices - from 1988
  Units 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Coal: Prices - US dollars per tonne (from 1988) $/tonne                                          
Coal Marker Price (Northwest Europe) [22] $/tonne 39.9 42.1 43.5 42.8 38.5 33.7 37.2 44.5 41.2 38.9 32.0 28.8 36.0 39.3 31.6 42.5 71.9 61.1 63.7 86.6 149.8
US Central Appalachian coal spot price index [23] $/tonne     31.6 29.0 28.5 29.9 31.7 27.0 29.9 29.8 31.0 31.3 29.9 49.7 33.0 38.5 64.4 70.8 63.0 51.1 116.1
Japan coking coal import price (cif) [18] $/tonne 55.1 58.7 60.5 60.4 57.8 55.3 51.8 54.5 56.7 55.5 50.8 42.8 39.7 41.3 42.0 41.6 61.0 89.3 93.5 88.2 179.0
Japan steam coal import price (cif) [18] $/tonne 42.5 48.9 50.8 50.3 48.5 45.7 43.7 47.6 49.5 45.5 40.5 35.7 34.6 38.0 36.9 34.7 51.3 62.9 63.0 69.9 122.8


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