India has imposed anti-dumping duties on coke imports from six countries

The trade restrictions will remain in force for five years

The Indian Ministry of Finance has announced the imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of metallurgical coke (with an ash content of less than 18 per cent) from Australia, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia. The safeguard measure will remain in force for five years. This was reported by BigMint.

The decision was based on the findings of the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), which confirmed that dumped imports from the aforementioned countries had caused material injury to the domestic industry.

The duty rate varies depending on the country of origin:

• Japan: $42.95/t;
• Indonesia: $67.50/t;
• Australia: $71.16/t;
• Russia: $84.16/t;
• Colombia: $118.55/t;
• China: $128.83/t.

The duty will also apply to products supplied via third countries. At the same time, the government has provided for exemptions for certain categories, in particular coke with a critically low phosphorus content for the production of ferroalloys and special steels, as well as raw materials for the production of pig iron in small blast furnaces.

Imports of metallurgical coke into India in the first half of 2026 rose by 44 per cent compared with the same period last year, reaching 2.9 million tonnes. The main factors were the price advantage and high quality of imported raw materials, as well as growth in steel and pig iron production volumes. Indonesia remains the key supplier, having increased its exports to India by 165 per cent to 2.1 million tonnes.

Domestic coke production in India rose by just 6 per cent in the first half of 2026 (to 26.8 million tonnes), which proved insufficient to meet the high demand from steelmakers.

The introduction of the duty provides long-term legal certainty for local producers, but will not significantly reduce import volumes in the near term. Coke imports into India are expected to reach a multi-year high by the end of 2026, thanks to stable demand from the steel industry.

As reported by GMK Center, India launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of low-ash coke in the spring of 2025. Local producers had complained about imports, which had more than doubled over the previous four years.