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The main contributors were coal, coke and briquettes (up 31.6 percent), while natural gas and metalliferous ores and metal scrap also were up.
Import prices were up 4.3 percent on quarter, down from 5.1 percent in the three months prior.
On a yearly basis, export prices jumped 38.7 percent and import prices spiked 22.1 percent.
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