At the same time, South-East Asia is poised to play a bigger role in the coal trade as certain countries in the region begin to encourage the use of coal to augment energy security, especially Indonesia, which is set to become the fourth-largest coal user in Asia and the Pacific by 2035. This means that it could soon follow the path of China and see a marked erosion of its net coal exports. The region’s electricity exports represented 14% of the world’s total electricity exports, while its electricity import share was 11%.