India is considering imposing anti-dumping duties on coke imports

The country is already applying import quotas for low-ash metallurgical coke, which expire in December

Introduce anti-dumping duties on imports of low-ash metallurgical coke from six countries – Australia, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and the Russian Federation.

DGTR refers to significant dumping and damage caused to Indian manufacturers.

India launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of metallurgical coke from these countries at the end of March this year, according to an industry association that includes local producers of these products.

In addition, the country has already introduced import quotas for metallurgical coke from January 1 to June 30, then they were extended for the period from July 1 to December 31 of this year.

DGTR recommended such duty rates in its latest decision:

82.75/t for Indonesia,

130.66/t for China,

119.51/t for Colombia,

82.12/t for Russia,

73.55/ton for Australia,

60.87/ton for Japan.

Duties are recommended for coke with an ash content below 18%, with the exception of some grades with an ultra-low phosphorus content.

The market is currently discussing this step. Indonesia has been the largest supplier of coke to India in recent years. In particular, in 2024, the volume of imports of products from this country to the Indian market amounted to 2.08 million tons

However, traders believe that Indonesian imports will remain competitive even with duties compared to other suppliers due to prices, delivery times and quality.