MC EXCLUSIVE India proposes anti-dumping duty as high as $130 per tonne on met coke imports

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India has proposed  to impose an anti-dumping duty as high as $130 per tonne on the imports of low ash metallurgical coke (met coke), a key steel making ingredient, impacting steel players like JSW Steel and AM/NS, sources told  Moneycontrol.

The move comes amid calls to use resources available in the country to aid the domestic met coke producers.

The government has recommended duty of $73.5 per tonne on imports from Australia, followed by $130 per tonne on China, $120 per tonne on Columbia, $83 per tonne on Indonesia, $61 per tonne on Japan and $85 per tonne on Russia.

Last month, Moneycontrol had exclusively reported that government is considering to impose duty on the met coke imports to protect domestic players.

Post the investigation on met coke imports, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) concluded that dumping from the concerned countries is substantial and exceeds the minimum threshold and are undercutting the prices of domestic industry, sources said.

In April this year, government initiated an anti-dumping investigation into imports of the raw material from Australia, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia. Domestic manufacturers allege these countries are selling met coke at unfairly low prices, harming local producers. In January, the government also banned unrestricted imports of low-ash metallurgical coke (met coke), introducing country-specific quotas to safeguard domestic producers.

Between January and August 2025,  India’s met coke imports fell 14 per cent year-on-year to 2.62 million tonnes (MnT) from 3.04 MnT a year earlier, but the sourcing pattern has shifted sharply.

According to data, JSW Steel boosted imports of met coke by nearly 50 per cent to 0.22 MnT.

Other buyers include ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India which cut purchases 10 per cent to 0.78 MnT, while Tata Steel trimmed purchases 18 per cent to 0.27 MnT.  Jindal Steel & Power scaled up more than 14-fold to 0.08 MnT, between January to August