中国近一年来首次为澳洲煤炭进口清关

　　据报中国为弥补国内煤炭供应缺口，自去年以来首次为进口澳大利亚煤炭办理了清关。图为澳大利亚新南威尔士州中部马奇镇附近的煤矿。（路透社档案照）

　　China has reportedly cleared customs for imported Australian coal for the first time since last year to make up for a shortfall in domestic coal supply.Pictured is a coal mine near the town of March in central New South Wales,Australia.(Reuters file photo)

　　为了弥补国内煤炭供应的缺口，据报中国自去年以来首次为进口澳大利亚煤炭办理了清关。

　　China has reportedly cleared imports of Australian coal for the first time since last year to make up for a shortfall in domestic coal supplies.

　　中国海关数据显示，10月份中国进口了279万吨澳洲煤炭。据彭博社报道，这些煤炭可能是之前未获清关而滞留中国港口的货物；中国从去年底就没有放行澳洲煤炭进口。

　　China imported 2.79 million tons of Australian coal in October,Chinese customs data showed.According to Bloomberg,the coal may be cargoes that were previously left stranded in Chinese ports without being cleared;China has not released Australian coal imports since late last year.

　　报道提到，这些煤炭中大部分是用于取暖的动力煤，但也包括钢铁厂使用的77.8万吨焦煤。

　　The report mentioned that most of the coal was power coal used for heating,but also included 778,000 tons of coking coal used by steel mills.

　　海关数据上次记录自澳洲进口煤炭是在2020年11月。上个月，美国分析机构Wood Mackenzie估计，中国港口有大约500万吨澳洲焦煤和300万吨动力煤正在等待清关。

　　Customs data last recorded coal imports from Australia in November 2020.Last month,U.S.analyst Wood Mackenzie estimated that about 5 million tons of Australian coking coal and 3 million tons of power coal were waiting to be cleared at Chinese ports.