Highlights Met coal exports total 4.2 million mt; Brazil top destination Bituminous coal exports total 2.7 mil mt; India top destination Houston — US coal exports totaled 7.52 million mt in April, down 10.1% from March and down 25.3% from the year-ago month, according to US Census data released Thursday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The weaker year-on-year comparison was due to exceptionally high exports in April 2018, as East Coast terminals worked through a backlog of shipments caused by freezing weather earlier in the year. Through April, US coal exports total 30.4 million mt, down 12.6% from the same period last year. Metallurgical coal exports in April totaled 4.2 million mt, down 15.2% from the prior month and down 21% from the year-ago month. Year-to-date met coal exports total 16.8 million mt, down 10.8% from the same period last year. Top […]