The value of coal exports by country totaled US$78.9 billion in 2015. That amount represents a -45.2% decline from 2011 when coal shipments were valued at $144 billion. Year over year, the value of exported coal fell by -20.8% from 2014 to 2015.

From a continental perspective, coal exports from Oceania (mostly Australia with a tiny amount from New Zealand) amounted to $28.4 billion or 36% of the global total. Asian exporters generated 24.4%, followed by European suppliers at 17.8% and North American providers at 10.6%.

Latin America (excluding Mexico) and Caribbean nations came in at 5.6%, followed closely by African coal exporters at 5.5%.

The 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for coal is 2701.

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of coal during 2015:

1. Australia: US$28.4 billion (36% of total coal exports)
2. Indonesia: $16.4 billion (20.8%)
3. Russia: $9.3 billion (11.7%)
4. United States: $5.7 billion (7.2%)
5. South Africa: $4.3 billion (5.4%)
6. Colombia: $4.3 billion (5.4%)
7. Netherlands: $3 billion (3.8%)
8. Canada: $2.7 billion (3.4%)
9. North Korea: $1.1 billion (1.4%)
10. Poland: $737.2 million (0.9%)
11. Mongolia: $542.6 million (0.7%)
12. China: $498.2 million (0.6%)
13. Czech Republic: $327.9 million (0.4%)
14. Vietnam: $265.1 million (0.3%)
15. Belgium: $232.9 million (0.3%)

All 15 of these top countries saw the value of their coal exports decline from 2011 to 2015, ranging from -8.5% for North Korea and -18.6% for Russia to -81.7% for China and -83.4% for Vietnam.

The listed 15 countries shipped 98.4% of all coal exported in 2015.