Indonesia January-August coal export volume down 9.33% y/y, data shows

Business Recorder, citing a Reuters report, said Indonesia's statistics bureau recorded coal exports of 227.70 million metric tons from January to August. That volume was 9.33 per cent lower than in the same period last year. The bureau released the figures on Thursday, drawing on customs office reports.

Shipments over the same eight months were valued at $16.58 billion, a rise of 4.31 per cent from the corresponding stretch in 2025. The value therefore moved in the opposite direction to the tonnage. The report also cautioned that these customs-based numbers can differ from the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry's figures, which come from mining company submissions. Both sets of figures thus rest on different sources.