Coal and Gas Exports Produced by the SASI group (Sheffield) and Mark Newman (Michigan)

The Middle East and Asia Pacific are

the main net exporting regions for
coal and gas. The territories in these
regions export up to 60% of all gas
and coal exports in the world (US$
net). Of the 53 net exporting
territories, 15 are in Asia Pacific, and
13 are in the Middle East.
In some regions there is only one net
exporting territory: in Southern Asia
this is Bhutan; in Eastern Europe this
is Poland; and in North America this
is Canada. Japan has no net gas and
coal exports and hence relies on
imports.
Gas and coal exports are 2% of all
world exports.
Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide net
exports of gas and coal (in US$) that come from there.
Net exports are exports minus imports. When imports
are larger than exports the territory is not shown.

MOST AND LEAST US$ OF NET COAL AND GAS EXPORTS REGIONAL NET GAS AND COAL EXPORTS
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Rank Territory Value Rank Territory Value

annual earnings from regional net coal

and gas exports in billions of US$
1 Qatar 6225 44 Angola 2.22 30

Middle East
2 Brunei Darussalam 3943 45 New Zealand 2.08
25
3 Norway 1872 46 China 1.90
4 United Arab Emirates 628 47 Viet Nam 1.27 20

Asia Pacific
Southeastern Africa

Northern Africa
Land area 5 Canada 447 48 Mozambique 0.79
Technical notes 6 Australia 445 49 Bhutan 0.68 15

North America

Western Europe
Eastern Europe
South America
• Data source: United Nations Conference on Trade

Southern Asia
7 Oman 406 50 Uganda 0.59

Central Africa

Eastern Asia
and Development, 2002. 10
• *There were no net gas and coal exports recorded 8 Kuwait 323 51 Sudan 0.54
for 147 territories. Guinea-Bissau and Niue have
9 Trinidad & Tobago 300 52 Somalia 0.13

Japan
neither net imports nor net exports of coal and 5
gas. 10 Turkmenistan 194 53 Cote d'Ivoire 0.07
• The gas and coal category includes coal, lignite, 0
peat, briquettes, coke, semi-coke, natural and US$ worth of coal and gas exports per person living in that territory*
manufactured gas, and electric current.
• See website for further information.

“Coal is Australia’s major mineral export and accounts for nearly 25% of Australia’s export earnings.” MBendi, 2004
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