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China's coal output rises in first 5 months

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BEIJING, June 19 (Xinhua) -- China's raw coal output rose 8.8 percent year on year to 1.62 billion tonnes in the first five months of 2021, official data showed.

The Jan.-May volume increased by 9.8 percent from the level in the same period of 2019, putting the annual average growth of the past two years at 4.8 percent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The country imported 111.17 million tonnes of coal from January to May, down 25.2 percent year on year.

In May alone, China's coal output edged up 0.6 percent from a year earlier to 330 million tonnes, NBS data showed. Enditem

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