Coal: Prices
US dollars per tonne	Northwest Europe marker price  †	US Central Appalachian coal spot price index ‡	Japan coking coal import cif price	Japan steam coal import cif price
1987	31.30	-	53.44	41.28
1988	39.94	-	55.06	42.47
1989	42.08	-	58.68	48.86
1990	43.48	31.59	60.54	50.81
1991	42.80	29.01	60.45	50.30
1992	38.53	28.53	57.82	48.45
1993	33.68	29.85	55.26	45.71
1994	37.18	31.72	51.77	43.66
1995	44.50	27.01	54.47	47.58
1996	41.25	29.86	56.68	49.54
1997	38.92	29.76	55.51	45.53
1998	32.00	31.00	50.76	40.51
1999	28.79	31.29	42.83	35.74
2000	35.99	29.90	39.69	34.58
2001	39.03	50.15	41.33	37.96
2002	31.65	33.20	42.01	36.90
2003	43.60	38.52	41.57	34.74
2004	72.08	64.90	60.96	51.34
2005	60.54	70.12	89.33	62.91
2006	64.11	62.96	93.46	63.04
2007	88.79	51.16	88.24	69.86
2008	147.67	118.79	179.03	122.81
2009	70.66	68.08	167.82	110.11
2010	92.50	71.63	158.95	105.19
† Source: McCloskey Coal Information Service.  Prices for 1990-2000 are the average of the monthly marker, 2001-2010 the average of weekly prices.
‡ Source: Platts.  Prices are for CAPP 12,500 Btu, 1.2 SO2 coal, fob.
Prices for 1990-2000 are by coal price publication date, 2001-2010 by coal price assessment date.
Note:  CAPP = Central Appalachian; cif = cost+insurance+freight (average prices); fob = free on board.