China April coal imports rise on lower domestic output, summer restocks

China's coal imports rose in April, customs data showed on Thursday, fuelled by lower domestic production and greater buying by power generators to swell stockpiles ahead of the peak summer demand season. Shipments of coal into the world's largest consumer of the fuel were 45.25-million metric tons last month, up 11% from 40.68-million a year earlier, the data from the General Administration of Customs showed.