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China-Australia Coal Tensions Rise as Dalian Import Ban Reported

Authorities in Dalian have banned Australian coal: Reuters

Australian dollar falls by most in two weeks after reportBy?Ben Sharples,?Dan Murtaugh?and?Jason Scott

(Bloomberg) –?Customs officials in China’s northern port of Dalian have banned Australian coal imports indefinitely, Reuters reported, citing an unidentified official at Dalian Port Group, in an escalation of tensions between the world’s biggest consumer and exporter of the fuel.

Dalian, Bayuquan, Panjin, Dandong and Beiliang harbors won’t permit Australian coal through customs, effective from the start of February, the port official said, and will cap overall coal imports for 2019 at 12 million metric tons, according to Reuters. The region imported about 13 million tons in 2017, about 7 percent of the country’s total.

Dalian port’s board secretary office declined to comment when contacted by Bloomberg. China customs and commerce ministry didn’t immediately respond to faxed requests for comment.

The ban appears to be the biggest escalation yet of simmering tensions between Australian coal exporters and Chinese importers. Chinese customs clearance of the coal shipments have been delayed by as long as 40 days, raising speculation China is targeting Australia at a time of strained relations between the two nations. The Australian dollar fell as much as 1.1 percent, the most in two weeks, to around 0.7068.

Australia’s relationship with China, its largest trading partner, have become increasingly rocky in recent years amid concerns Down Under that Beijing has been meddling in its politics, media and universities.

After then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the meddling was a catalyst for his anti-foreign interference laws, which eventually passed in June, Australian beef and wine exporters last year blamed political concerns when their products were being held up in Chinese ports.

China has also been angered in August by Australia’s decision to ban Huawei Technologies Co. from supplying next-generation wireless equipment due to national security concerns.

China has a history of using trade to help it achieve its foreign policy goals. After South Korea’s Lotte Group agreed to sell the Korean government land for a U.S. anti-missile system kno