BEIJING — China's raw coal output declined 0.1 percent year-on-year to 2.79 billion metric tons in the first nine months of 2020, official data showed.

The country produced 330 million tons of raw coal last month, down 0.9 percent from the same period in 2019, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

The country imported 18.68 million tons of coal in September, down 38.3 percent year-on-year. In the first nine months, coal imports dropped 4.4 percent year-on-year to 240 million tons.