Monthly Coke Supply and Disposition Survey (MCOK)

Supply of coal of establishment, category

Supply of coal refers to the sum of coal stock opening plus coal received plus inventory adjustments minus coal stock closing.

Establishment refers to the level at which accounting data required to measure production is available (principal inputs, revenues, salaries and wages). The establishment, as a statistical unit, is defined as the most homogeneous unit of production for which the business maintains accounting records from which it is possible to assemble all the data elements required to compile the full structure of the gross value of production (total sales or shipments, and inventories), the cost of materials and services, and labour and capital used in production.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Components of supply of coal to coke plants