Coal and coal products; indigenous production, imports, exports; from 1802
| Periods | Primary coals Total energy supply (TPES) (million kg) | Primary coals Indigenous production, total (million kg) | Primary coals Indigenous production hard coal (million kg) | Primary coals Indigenous production lignite (million kg) | Primary coals Imports (million kg) | Primary coals Exports (million kg) | Primary coals Bunkers (million kg) | Primary coals Stock change (million kg) | Coal products Patent fuel; output (million kg) | Coal products Coke-oven cokes Output, total (million kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021** | 8,853 | 8,726 | 126 | 1,885 | ||||||
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||||
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This table presents the main figures for supply and consumption of primary coal (hard coal, lignite) and coal products in the Netherlands in a long time series.
Data available:
From 1802
Status of the figures:
Figures of 1802 up to and including 2020 are definite. Figures of 2021 are revised provisional.
Changes as of December 15th 2022:
Figures from 2015 up to and including 2019 have been revised. The most relevant adaptation is a small change of imports of hard coal and lignite of several million kg (maximum 0.1%) on a yearly basis. This table has been revised to ensure consistency with other StatLine tables dealing with coal. Also figures of 2020 and 2021 have been updated.
When will new figures be published?
Revised provisional figures: June/July in the following year.
Definite figures: december in the second following year.
Description topics
- Primary coals
- Hard coal:
Fossil fuel existing of carbonised rests of vegetal origin.
Sorts of hard coal: anthracite, coke oven cokes and stem coal. All these types have a calorific value of more than 24 megajoules per kilogram of the ash-free and wet product.
Lignite:
Sort of coal with a calorific value of less than 20 megajoules per kilogram of the ash-free and wet product and greater than 31 percent volatile matter on a dry mineral free basis.- Total energy supply (TPES)
- The amount of energy primarily available for consumption in the Netherlands (imports plus indigenous production and withdrawal from stocks) minus the amount which is not available for consumption (exports and bunkers).
- Indigenous production, total
- Extraction of energy from nature.
- Indigenous production hard coal
- Extraction of hard coal from nature.
- Indigenous production lignite
- Extraction of lignite from nature.
- Imports
- Imports of hard coal.
- Exports
- Exports of hard coal.
- Bunkers
- Delivery of fuels for international shipping and aviation, i.e. ships and aircraft departing from Dutch (air)ports and arriving in foreign (air)ports.
- Stock change
- Changes in stock are calculated as opening stock minus closing stock, in accordance with international energy statistics guidelines. A positive figure means that stocks have decreased, and the supply of energy has thus increased. A negative figure means the opposite: an increase in stocks and a decrease in consumption.
- Coal products
- From coal derived products like coke-oven cokes, coke-oven gas and blast furnace gas.
- Patent fuel; output
- Coal pressed into blocks.
- Coke-oven cokes
- Solid coal product derived from further carbonization at high temperature. In blast furnaces the product is used to produce iron from iron ore.
- Output, total