Imports and exports of coal in New Zealand

1994–2024, kilotonnes

The following information applies to all values in the table. Fuel type: Coal, Measure: Supply, Rank: Total, Mining method: Total
Year	Activity	Tonnes
1994	Imports	435.782
1995	Imports	112.184
1996	Imports	61.045
1997	Imports	16.078
1998	Imports	90.312
1999	Imports	17.435
2000	Imports	16,186.621
2001	Imports	30,560.898
2002	Imports	76,571.392
2003	Imports	421,714.541
2004	Imports	876,136.41
2005	Imports	1,083,880.022
2006	Imports	1,236,086.853
2007	Imports	721,326.49
2008	Imports	599,298.136
2009	Imports	702,014.584
2010	Imports	251,150.577
2011	Imports	171,405.887
2012	Imports	1,379.678
2013	Imports	646,785.89
2014	Imports	471,585.436
2015	Imports	433,331.9449934
2016	Imports	452,992.7414087
2017	Imports	466,135.9076407
2018	Imports	601,314.8117583
2019	Imports	1,074,642.252
2020	Imports	1,079,330.885
2021	Imports	1,845,198.318
2022	Imports	726,838.069
2023	Imports	240,305.48
2024	Imports	1,014,562.274
1994	Exports	1,043,618
1995	Exports	1,333,751
1996	Exports	1,589,534
1997	Exports	1,243,565.35
1998	Exports	1,101,742.912
1999	Exports	1,454,062
2000	Exports	1,551,246.1
2001	Exports	1,709,870
2002	Exports	1,931,687.44
2003	Exports	2,210,065.04
2004	Exports	1,908,418.57
2005	Exports	2,331,053.296
2006	Exports	2,719,804.84
2007	Exports	2,013,520
2008	Exports	2,561,297.085
2009	Exports	2,163,661
2010	Exports	2,419,189
2011	Exports	2,160,842
2012	Exports	2,201,658
2013	Exports	2,095,644
2014	Exports	1,741,314
2015	Exports	1,369,601
2016	Exports	1,187,133
2017	Exports	1,185,774
2018	Exports	1,277,930
2019	Exports	1,449,758
2020	Exports	1,140,331
2021	Exports	1,244,367.6
2022	Exports	1,277,969
2023	Exports	1,224,197
2024	Exports	1,102,196

Definitions

Coal supply: production of coal plus imported coal, minus exported coal and stock change.
Energy transformation: the conversion of primary energy to more useful forms of energy. It includes activities such as electricity generation, oil refining, and other transformation (including coal used for steel manufacturing) as well as losses.
Consumer energy demand: includes all energy used by final consumers. It does not include energy transformation.

FIELDS
Information about coalfields in New Zealand can be found here: http://www.nzpam.govt.nz/cms/investors/our-resource-potential/minerals/coal/operating-coal-mines

RANK
Bituminous coal (black coal): a relatively soft coal containing a tarlike substance called bitumen. It is of higher quality than lignite coal but of poorer quality than anthracite.
Sub-bituminous coal: a type of coal whose properties range from those of lignite to those of bituminous coal and are used primarily as fuel for steam-electric power generation.
Lignite (brown coal): a soft brown combustible sedimentary rock formed from naturally compressed peat. It is considered the lowest rank of coal due to its relatively low heat content.

MINING METHOD
Opencast: Open-pit mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.
Underground: Sub-surface mining consists of digging tunnels or shafts into the earth to reach buried ore deposits.