What does the United States coal production and consumption table measure?

It measures the physical balance of the United States coal market, tracking domestic production, waste coal, imports, exports, inventory changes, and consumption across sectors like electric power and industrial plants.

How often is this coal balance data published and how far back does it go?

The data is published monthly by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in the Monthly Energy Review, with historical time series starting in 1973.

Which sector breakdowns are available in this coal dataset?

Available sector breakdowns include the electric power sector, industrial users such as coke plants and combined heat and power facilities, commercial users, and transportation, alongside inventory locations.

How is the United States coal market balance identity defined?

The market balance follows the identity where domestic production plus recovered coal and net imports, adjusted for stock changes and losses, equals total coal consumption.

US Coal Production and Consumption

Name: US Coal Production and Consumption
Creator: EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) — Monthly Energy Review
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

US monthly coal production, trade, consumption by sector, and inventories from the EIA.

Source: EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) — Monthly Energy ReviewLast updated: Sep 21, 2026, 14:09Curated by Bui Thanh PhucAbout this data ↓

Indicator	07-2026	06-2026	05-2026	04-2026	03-2026	02-2026	01-2026	12-2025	11-2025	10-2025	09-2025	08-2025	07-2025	06-2025	05-2025	04-2025	03-2025	02-2025	01-2025	12-2024	11-2024	10-2024	09-2024	08-2024	07-2024	06-2024	05-2024	04-2024	03-2024	02-2024	01-2024	12-2023	11-2023	10-2023	09-2023	08-2023	07-2023
Domestic production	42,606.79	40,715.53	41,834.01	41,300.33	45,609.42	41,191.49	45,068.82	44,142.61	43,250.4	44,639.25	43,802.56	46,957.82	45,160.64	42,239.89	44,020.25	41,876.33	47,781.93	39,706.7	44,845.04	42,759.41	40,984.3	44,317.43	45,772.02	47,159.95	43,388.77	43,069.39	39,430.15	35,763.85	41,815.98	44,018.89	44,060.19	45,710.85	47,518.64	47,602.8	48,619.8	50,624.5	46,594.64
Waste coal supplied			533.33	533.33	760.54	803.66	844.86	824.18	738.93	533.62	657.27	869.63	860.07	851.92	838.75	811.84	811.65	830.32	704.39	621.2	423.47	436.08	438.88	560.69	826.22	714.83	578.87	754.35	853.53	783.45	779.55	852.25	721.1	589.95	503.41	808.72	868.83
Imports		166.12	252.62	289.96	91.04	254.43	391.34	225.75	333.92	357.66	196.03	240.65	190.55	262.66	195.68	264.12	190.44	197.22	244.58	126.8	167.09	118.16	247.96	288.09	184.88	202.56	79.72	253.54	84.85	150.53	93.54	232.77	335.15	413.35	313.97	354.74	325.71
Exports		9,160.33	9,132.58	8,554.46	9,340.17	6,493	7,854.69	7,804.86	7,916.46	7,802.16	7,717.99	8,007.73	6,734.89	6,915.69	7,804.82	7,803.83	9,120.76	7,501.09	7,574.7	9,489.86	9,305.01	9,117.6	9,566.5	9,118.89	8,905.28	10,164.61	9,122.91	6,764.86	9,662.44	8,679.68	8,428.75	8,745.67	8,388.03	9,205.3	8,815.64	9,119.35	6,701.19
Net imports		-8,994.2	-8,879.96	-8,264.5	-9,249.13	-6,238.58	-7,463.35	-7,579.11	-7,582.54	-7,444.51	-7,521.95	-7,767.08	-6,544.34	-6,653.03	-7,609.14	-7,539.71	-8,930.32	-7,303.87	-7,330.12	-9,363.05	-9,137.93	-8,999.44	-9,318.54	-8,830.8	-8,720.4	-9,962.05	-9,043.2	-6,511.32	-9,577.59	-8,529.15	-8,335.21	-8,512.9	-8,052.88	-8,791.95	-8,501.67	-8,764.61	-6,375.48
Stock change			3,530.86	5,096.76	6,119.5	1,267.45	-5,837.68	-2,400.36	2,787.57	3,706.44	273.3	-4,835.5	-8,156.24	-2,961.88	3,673.2	4,368.11	4,795.18	-5,904.82	-14,940.28	-3,434.78	3,173.25	5,021.5	727.42	-5,694.83	-7,923.76	-4,709.43	1,006.26	3,255.94	6,166.68	5,114.55	-9,374.49	1,911.95	7,929.1	5,092.79	349.73	-4,735.62	-5,914.44
Losses and uncalculated			1,666.39	3,389.29	2,860.09	408.86	1,500.63	-432.82	-343.66	5.82	397.56	2,283	-406.77	-11.27	2,815.37	2,149.16	3,713.23	901.83	4,099.1	-1,330.16	-502.56	145.95	1,678.97	2,109.84	-100.22	1,063.9	708.63	2,473.99	1,278.78	1,959.72	228.91	916.52	-532.76	1,600.61	2,938.48	354.49	-557.36
Consumption4			28,290.14	25,083.11	28,141.25	34,080.27	42,787.37	40,220.85	33,962.88	34,016.1	36,267.02	42,612.87	48,039.38	39,411.93	30,761.28	28,631.19	31,154.85	38,236.14	49,060.49	38,782.49	29,599.15	30,586.62	34,485.97	42,474.83	43,518.56	37,467.69	29,250.94	24,276.95	25,646.46	29,198.92	45,650.11	35,221.73	32,790.52	32,707.41	37,333.33	47,049.75	47,559.8
Electric Power Sector			25,757.09	22,569.65	25,227.9	31,224.3	39,866.68	37,208.63	30,977.16	31,007.53	33,409.03	39,721.85	45,139.97	36,563.03	27,931.25	25,861.28	28,022.23	35,223.53	45,929.19	35,416.15	26,336.13	27,307.75	31,501.53	39,397.06	40,470.85	34,447.32	26,198.45	21,281.21	22,422.23	26,017.04	42,462.51	32,076.03	29,583.58	29,617.64	34,277.14	43,954.41	44,479.54
Industrial2			2,487.4	2,485.77	2,863.96	2,778.35	2,829.56	2,950.21	2,923.32	2,949.69	2,817.85	2,850.29	2,856.16	2,811.78	2,787.2	2,723.56	3,066.89	2,938.33	3,044.77	3,295	3,197.08	3,223.77	2,953.19	3,046.42	3,019.07	2,978.34	3,022.67	2,946.47	3,166.86	3,108.89	3,089.43	3,075.67	3,147.39	3,041.05	3,014.37	3,054.44	3,040.67
Coke Plants			1,166.23	1,120.97	1,167.12	1,085.09	1,154.51	1,204.92	1,171.02	1,205.35	1,201.75	1,233.97	1,238.67	1,267.74	1,256.86	1,191.1	1,247.66	1,128.21	1,245.3	1,371.56	1,285	1,309.35	1,253.22	1,349.48	1,325.72	1,232.94	1,278.25	1,227.04	1,327.88	1,263.87	1,275.53	1,309.51	1,386.05	1,278.03	1,303.5	1,350.12	1,343.94
Other Industrial2			1,321.17	1,364.8	1,696.84	1,693.26	1,675.04	1,745.29	1,752.29	1,744.34	1,616.1	1,616.32	1,617.5	1,544.03	1,530.34	1,532.46	1,819.23	1,810.12	1,799.47	1,923.44	1,912.09	1,914.42	1,699.97	1,696.94	1,693.35	1,745.4	1,744.42	1,719.43	1,838.98	1,845.02	1,813.9	1,766.16	1,761.34	1,763.02	1,710.88	1,704.31	1,696.73
Combined Heat and Power			561.29	548.63	625.44	632.69	695.35	668.46	628.66	621.16	620.09	646.04	673.25	623.89	580.6	684.9	742.83	670.84	765.09	730.96	692.12	663.29	652.1	663.7	683.99	622.2	632.48	594.66	733.5	671.33	793.71	717.68	690.91	668.23	671.29	676.91	717.92
Non-CHP			759.87	816.17	1,071.39	1,060.57	979.69	1,076.83	1,123.64	1,123.18	996.01	970.28	944.25	920.15	949.75	847.56	1,076.41	1,139.28	1,034.39	1,192.48	1,219.96	1,251.14	1,047.88	1,033.24	1,009.35	1,123.2	1,111.93	1,124.77	1,105.48	1,173.69	1,020.19	1,048.48	1,070.42	1,094.79	1,039.59	1,027.4	978.82
Commercial2			45.65	27.7	49.39	77.62	91.14	62.01	62.4	58.88	40.15	40.73	43.25	37.12	42.83	46.35	65.73	74.28	86.52	71.34	65.94	55.1	31.25	31.36	28.65	42.04	29.82	49.26	57.37	73	98.17	70.04	59.56	48.72	41.82	40.9	39.59
Combined Heat and Power			28.62	27.42	23.35	36.69	43.08	33.26	33.47	31.59	31.54	32.01	33.98	25.63	29.57	32.01	38.42	42.21	48.84	40.51	37.44	31.29	30.57	30.68	28.03	26.23	18.61	30.74	37.06	47.15	63.41	39.5	33.59	27.47	26.99	26.39	25.54
Other			17.03	0.28	26.05	40.93	48.06	28.75	28.93	27.3	8.6	8.73	9.27	11.49	13.26	14.35	27.31	32.07	37.69	30.83	28.5	23.81	0.68	0.68	0.62	15.81	11.21	18.52	20.31	25.85	34.76	30.54	25.97	21.25	14.84	14.51	14.04
Transportation			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coal inventories1
Total inventories3			146,376.08	142,845.22	137,748.46	131,628.96	130,361.51	136,199.19	138,599.55	135,811.98	132,105.53	131,832.23	136,667.73	144,823.96	147,785.85	144,112.64	139,744.53	134,949.35	140,854.17	155,794.45	159,229.23	156,055.98	151,034.48	150,307.06	156,001.89	163,925.65	168,635.08	167,628.82	164,372.88	158,206.2	153,091.65	162,466.15	160,554.2	152,625.11	147,532.31	147,182.59	151,918.21
At mines and distribution points			22,580	22,536	22,494	22,445	21,743	22,010	21,997	21,972	21,916	22,389	23,050	23,469	23,446	23,423	23,399	23,375	22,709	23,022	23,176	23,331	23,485	23,639	23,794	23,948	24,102	24,257	24,411	24,565	24,720	24,874	25,003	25,010	24,907	24,704	24,412
At electric power plants			119,896.62	116,494.14	110,929.29	104,721.33	104,018.41	109,451.63	111,846.99	109,066.42	105,397.99	104,604.05	108,730.91	116,420.51	119,487.47	115,919.35	111,657.32	106,802.79	113,290.27	127,825.94	131,090.77	127,746.57	122,555.12	121,755.69	127,377.5	135,229.25	139,892.61	138,839.27	135,537.25	129,170.2	123,854.27	133,028.39	130,984.83	123,046.13	118,053.73	117,897.83	122,916.28
At end-use sectors2			3,899.46	3,815.07	4,325.17	4,462.64	4,600.1	4,737.56	4,755.56	4,773.55	4,791.55	4,839.19	4,886.82	4,934.46	4,852.38	4,770.3	4,688.22	4,771.56	4,854.9	4,946.52	4,962.46	4,978.41	4,994.36	4,912.37	4,830.39	4,748.4	4,640.48	4,532.55	4,424.63	4,471	4,517.38	4,563.76	4,566.37	4,568.97	4,571.58	4,580.76	4,589.93
Industrial2			3,775.58	3,689.06	4,219.13	4,349.58	4,480.04	4,610.49	4,624.22	4,637.94	4,651.67	4,709.53	4,767.39	4,825.25	4,743.59	4,661.93	4,580.27	4,653.48	4,726.69	4,808.17	4,829.13	4,850.09	4,871.05	4,786.78	4,702.51	4,618.25	4,509.87	4,401.49	4,293.11	4,333.62	4,374.12	4,414.63	4,410.98	4,407.33	4,403.68	4,415.39	4,427.1
Coke plants			1,194.48	1,149.07	1,394.07	1,526.87	1,659.67	1,792.47	1,781.7	1,770.92	1,760.15	1,778.3	1,796.44	1,814.58	1,759.46	1,704.34	1,649.21	1,654.71	1,660.21	1,660.72	1,673.88	1,687.05	1,700.21	1,654.19	1,608.17	1,562.14	1,523.9	1,485.66	1,447.41	1,482.07	1,516.74	1,551.4	1,585.78	1,620.15	1,654.53	1,664.32	1,674.11
Other industrial			2,581.1	2,539.99	2,825.06	2,822.72	2,820.37	2,818.03	2,842.52	2,867.02	2,891.52	2,931.23	2,970.95	3,010.67	2,984.13	2,957.59	2,931.06	2,998.77	3,066.48	3,147.45	3,155.25	3,163.04	3,170.84	3,132.59	3,094.35	3,056.11	2,985.97	2,915.83	2,845.7	2,851.54	2,857.39	2,863.23	2,825.2	2,787.18	2,749.15	2,751.07	2,752.98
Residential and commercial			123.88	126.01	106.05	113.05	120.06	127.07	131.34	135.61	139.88	129.66	119.43	109.2	108.79	108.37	107.95	118.08	128.21	138.34	133.33	128.32	123.32	125.59	127.87	130.15	130.61	131.06	131.52	137.39	143.26	149.13	155.39	161.64	167.9	165.37	162.84

Latest reading

Domestic production stood at 42,606.79 Thousand short tons in Jul 2026. That is +4.6% from Jun 2026 and −5.7% from a year earlier. The series on this page is monthly and runs from Jan 1973 to Jul 2026. Source: EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration) — Monthly Energy Review.

Latest: 42,606.79 Thousand short tons; Jul 2026
vs previous period: +4.6%; Jun 2026
vs a year earlier: −5.7%

About this data

US monthly coal production, trade, consumption by sector, and inventories from the EIA. This table tracks domestic output, waste coal, imports, exports, and sectoral consumption since 1973 in thousand short tons. Published monthly in the EIA Monthly Energy Review, it details supply-demand balances and stockpiles.

Frequently asked questions

What does the United States coal production and consumption table measure?: It measures the physical balance of the United States coal market, tracking domestic production, waste coal, imports, exports, inventory changes, and consumption across sectors like electric power and industrial plants.
How often is this coal balance data published and how far back does it go?: The data is published monthly by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in the Monthly Energy Review, with historical time series starting in 1973.
Which sector breakdowns are available in this coal dataset?: Available sector breakdowns include the electric power sector, industrial users such as coke plants and combined heat and power facilities, commercial users, and transportation, alongside inventory locations.
How is the United States coal market balance identity defined?: The market balance follows the identity where domestic production plus recovered coal and net imports, adjusted for stock changes and losses, equals total coal consumption.