India Seeks to Scrap $60.87-$130.66 Met Coke Duties as Steelmakers Face 20% Cost Jump
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Updated · GKToday · May 22
India Seeks to Scrap $60.87-$130.66 Met Coke Duties as Steelmakers Face 20% Cost Jump
9 articles · Updated · GKToday · May 22
India's Steel Ministry has asked for anti-dumping duties on low-ash metallurgical coke imports to be withdrawn after domestic shortages and higher local prices squeezed steelmakers.
The tariffs, imposed provisionally for six months from January 2026, range from $60.87 to $130.66 a tonne on supplies from China, Australia, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia.
Low-ash met coke is a critical blast-furnace input that makes up about 35% to 40% of steel production costs, making price spikes especially damaging for mills.
State-run Rashtriya Ispat Nigam reported a 20% rise in input costs as it struggled to secure enough material domestically.
India, the world's second-largest crude steel producer, had already eased import controls in January after 2025 quarterly quotas capped low-ash met coke imports at 713,583 tonnes.
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