According to Paul Forward reporting on U.S. International Trade Commission data for January-September 2010, U.S. coal exports were up more than 46% y/y to 60.7 million tons. Metallurgical coal exports were up by more than 68% y/y and thermal coal exports were up more than 11% y/y through September. Coal imports through the same period were down 16% y/y to 14.4 million tons. YTD metallurgical coal exports to Asia was 9.9 million tons, or 23% of total met coal exports, vs. the year-ago level of 3.5 million tons, or 14% of total met coal exports for the same period.