Stiff Anti-dumping Duty on Met Coke Ranging from 40% (Australia) 72% (China) – Base Price $180 per tonne, Indian Domestic Price at $540 per tonne are more than 200% of World Price!

Ø Independent Steel Producers other than Tata with Own Metcoke Plant Suffer

Ø Anti-dumping not Exempt in FTA

Ø Huge Import of Coking Coal Rs. 2.49 lakh crs for conversion to Coking Coal Protect, Tata Steel, Gujarat NRE Dominate Segment

Ø China Dominates Metcoke while Australia and Indonesia Lead in Coking Coal, India is Deficient

Ø Double Protection as Low-Ash Met Coke Imports Restriction Extended for Six More Months (Jan–June 2026) But High Ash Varieties Allowed Freely [DGFT Notification No. 53/2025-26 dated 31 December 2025]

· Measure notified:
The Central Government has imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty (ADD) on imports of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke through Notification No. 41/2025-Customs (ADD) dated 31 December 2025.

· Goods covered:
Low Ash Metallurgical Coke (ash content below 18%), falling under tariff items 2704 00 10, 2704 00 20, 2704 00 30 and 2704 00 90, with specific exclusions for ultra-low phosphorous metallurgical coke used in ferroalloy manufacturing.

· Countries subject to duty:
Imports originating in or exported from:

o Australia

o China PR

o Colombia

o Indonesia

o Japan

o Russia

· Basis for imposition:
The duty follows DGTR’s preliminary findings (14 November 2025) concluding that:

o Subject goods were exported to India at dumped prices;

o The domestic industry suffered material injury; and

o The injury was caused by dumped imports from the subject countries .

· Rates of provisional anti-dumping duty (USD/MT):

o Australia: 73.55

o China PR: 130.66

o Colombia: 119.51

o Indonesia: 82.75

o Japan: 60.87

o Russia: 85.12
(Applicable irrespective of exporter/producer, including circumvention via third countries. DGTR finds new ways!)

· Duration and levy:

o Effective for six months from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, unless revoked or amended earlier.

o Duty is payable in Indian currency, converted using the CBIC exchange rate under Section 14 of the Customs Act, applicable on the date of filing of the bill of entry.

Implication: The notification signals a strong interim trade-remedial response by India to protect the domestic metallurgical coke industry while the DGTR completes its final investigation.

[Notification No. 41/2025-Customs (ADD) dated 31 December, 2025]

G.S.R…(E).–Whereas, in the matter of ‘Low Ash Metallurgical Coke’ (hereinafter referred to as the subject goods), falling under tariff items 2704 00 10, 2704 00 20, 2704 00 30 and 2704 00 90 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Tariff Act), originating in or exported from Australia, China PR, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia (hereinafter referred to as the subject countries) and imported into India, the designated authority vide its preliminary findings F. No. 6/03/2025- DGTR, dated the 14th November, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 14th November, 2025, has provisionally concluded that-

(i) the product under consideration that has been exported to India from the subject countries are at dumped prices;

(ii) the domestic industry has suffered material injury;

(iii) material injury has been caused by the dumped imports of the subject goods from the subject countries;

and has recommended imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the subject goods, originating in, or exported from the subject countries and imported into India, in order to remove injury to the domestic industry.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with rule 13 and 20 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Anti-dumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government, on the basis of the aforesaid preliminary findings of the designated authority, hereby imposes on the subject goods, the description of which is specified in column (3) of the following Table, falling under the Tariff items of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act as specified in the corresponding entry in column (2), originating in the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (4), exported from the countries as specified in the corresponding entry in column (5), produced by the producers as specified in the corresponding entry in column (6), and imported into India, a provisional anti-dumping duty equal to the amount indicated in the corresponding entry in column (7), in the currency as specified in the corresponding entry in column (9) and as per unit of measurement as specified in the corresponding entry in column (8) of the said Table, namely:-

Table
S.No.	Tariff Item	Description*	Country of Origin	Country of Export	Producer	Amount	Unit	Currency
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)
1	2704 00 10, 2704 00 20, 2704 00 30 and 2704 00 90	Low Ash Metallurgical Coke*	Australia	Any country including Australia	Any	73.55	MT	USD
2	-do-	-do-	Any Country other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia	Australia	Any	73.55	MT	USD
3	-do-	-do-	China PR	Any country including China PR	Any	130.66	MT	USD
4	-do-	-do-	Any Country other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia	China PR	Any	130.66	MT	USD
5	-do-	-do-	Colombia	Any country including Colombia	Any	119.51	MT	USD
6	-do-	-do-	Any Country other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia	Colombia	Any	119.51	MT	USD
7	-do-	-do-	Indonesia	Any country including Indonesia	Any	82.75	MT	USD
8	-do-	-do-	Any Country other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia	Indonesia	Any	82.75	MT	USD
9	-do-	-do-	Japan	Any country including Japan	Any	60.87	MT	USD
10	-do-	-do-	Any Country other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia	Japan	Any	60.87	MT	USD
11	-do-	-do-	Russia	Any country including Russia	Any	85.12	MT	USD
12	-do-	-do-	Any Country other than Australia, Colombia, China PR, Indonesia, Japan and Russia	Russia	Any	85.12	MT	USD

* Metallurgical Coke having ash content below 18% excluding ultra-low phosphorous metallurgical coke with phosphorous content up to 0.030% with size upto 30 mm with 5% size tolerance for use in ferroalloy manufacturing.

Note: Customs classification of the subject goods is only indicative, and the determination of anti-dumping duty shall be made as per the description of the subject goods.

2. The provisional anti-dumping duty imposed under this notification shall be effective for a period of six months, unless revoked, amended or superseded earlier, from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and shall be payable in Indian currency.

Explanation- For the purposes of this notification, rate of exchange applicable for the purposes of calculation of the anti-dumping duty shall be the rate which is specified in the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), issued from time to time, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and the relevant date for the determination of the rate of exchange shall be the date of presentation of the bill of entry under section 46 of the said Customs Act.

[F. No. CBIC- 190349/76/2025-TRU]