Following is a table of customs-cleared thermal coal imports for May released by Japan's Ministry of Finance on Thursday.

Figures are converted from yen to U.S. dollar using Japan Customs' official conversion rate. Volumes are expressed in tonnes.

Country         May      Yr/Yr        May           YTD     Yr/Yr

       list             Tonnes       %      $/Tonne      Tonnes       %

      China            88,323   -29.0   $154.95   1,068,024    -27.6

  I   Indonesia  1,472,083   -21.1   $124.46   7,589,441     -18.2

      Russia       719,548    45.8     $128.17   2,777,865    12.4

      Canada       157,600   40.1     $141.23     816,859     13.3

       USA             -                                      177,662      94.0

     S.Africa             -                                    157,458   -48.6

      Australia    6,647,317    34.9   $144.65  30,863,707    16.9

      Total          9,084,871    20.8   $140.11  43,451,016     6.4

Re  Reuters