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Table 6. U.S. Coal Supply, Consumption, and Inventories
	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Supply (Million short tons)
Production	1162.7	1146.6	1171.5	1085.8	1070.3
Appalachia	391.9	378.5	390.8	350.9	345.5
Interior	151.4	147.1	147.1	146.8	141.2
Western	619.4	621.0	633.6	588.2	583.7
Primary Inventory Withdrawals	-1.6	2.6	6.7	2.6	-0.0
Imports	36.2	36.3	34.2	23.6	33.0
Exports	49.6	59.2	81.5	57.3	71.0
Metallurgical Coal	27.5	32.2	42.5	35.0	38.0
Steam Coal	22.1	27.0	39.0	22.3	33.1
Total Primary Supply	1147.8	1126.4	1130.8	1054.8	1032.3
Secondary Inventory Withdrawals	-41.1	-8.4	-13.1	-33.9	11.9
Waste Coal^a	14.4	14.1	13.7	13.3	15.0
Total Supply	1121.1	1132.1	1131.5	1034.1	1059.2
Consumption (Million short tons)
Coke Plants	23.0	22.7	22.1	16.0	18.7
Electric Power Sector^b	1026.6	1045.1	1041.6	943.1	988.9
Retail and Other Industry	62.7	60.1	58.0	48.5	51.6
Residential and Commercial	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.1
Other Industry	59.5	56.6	54.5	45.2	48.4
Total Consumption	1112.3	1128.0	1121.7	1007.7	1059.2
Discrepancy^c	8.8	4.1	9.8	26.4	0.0
End-of-period Inventories (Million short tons)
Primary Inventories^d	36.5	34.0	27.3	24.7	24.7
Secondary Inventories	150.4	158.8	171.9	205.8	193.9
Electric Power Sector	141.0	151.2	163.1	197.9	185.6
Retail and General Industry	6.5	5.6	6.0	5.7	6.2
Coke Plants	2.9	1.9	2.3	1.7	1.7
Coal Market Indicators
Coal Miner Productivity (Tons per hour)	6.26	6.27	5.96	6.00	6.06
Total Raw Steel Production (Million short tons per day)	0.289	0.293	0.276	0.173	0.211
Cost of Coal to Electric Utilities (Dollars per million Btu)	1.69	1.77	2.07	2.22	2.05

^a	Waste coal includes waste coal and cloal slurry reprocessed into briquettes.
^b	Coal used for electricity generation and (a limited amount of) useful thermal output by electric utilities and independent power producers.
^c	The discrepancy reflects an unaccounted-for shipper and receiver reporting difference, assumed to be zero in the forecast period.
^d	Primary stocks are held at the mines and distribution points.

	- = no data available
	Notes: The approximate break between historical and forecast values is shown with historical data printed in bold; estimates and forecasts in italics.
	Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Quarterly Coal Report, DOE/EIA-0121; and Electric Power Monthly, DOE/EIA-0226.
	Minor discrepancies with published historical data are due to independent rounding.
	Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model.