India Imposes Definitive Anti-Dumping Duty On Low-Ash Metallurgical Coke Imports

New Delhi, Jul 28 (KNN) The Finance Ministry has imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty of USD 42.95 to USD 128.83 per tonne on imports of low-ash metallurgical coke from Australia, China PR, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia.

Definitive Anti-Dumping Duty Imposed on Metallurgical Coke

The duty applies to metallurgical coke containing less than 18 percent ash and will be effective for five years from the date of imposition of the provisional anti-dumping duty, unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier, according to a government notification.

DGTR Confirms Dumping Caused Material Injury

The Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR), in its final findings dated April 28, 2026, concluded that the product was exported to India from the subject countries at dumped prices, causing material injury to the domestic industry. 

It subsequently recommended imposition of definitive anti-dumping duty to address the injury caused by the imports.

The government had earlier imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty on the product through a notification dated December 31, 2025, following DGTR's preliminary findings.

Specific Imports Exempted From Duty

The notification exempts certain categories from the levy, including ultra-low phosphorous metallurgical coke imported for ferro-alloy manufacturing, subject to specified conditions. Semi-coke and soft coke are also excluded.

Low-ash metallurgical coke of 20-40 mm size imported by actual users for blast furnaces of up to 130 cubic metres used in pig iron manufacturing is also exempt, subject to an undertaking and certification of furnace capacity from the relevant pollution control authority.

Duty May Raise Industrial Input Costs

Metallurgical coke is primarily used as a thermal energy source and chemical reducing agent in blast furnaces, foundries and ferro-alloy manufacturing. 

The duty is expected to affect input costs for steel and other industrial users of the material.

(KNN Bureau)