India makes preliminary anti-dumping ruling on low ash metallurgical coke related to China

On November 14, 2025, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry issued a preliminary positive anti-dumping ruling on Low Ash Metallurgical Coke originating from or imported from China, Australia, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia. It is recommended to impose temporary anti-dumping duties on the products involved in these countries, as follows: China at $130.66/ton, Australia at $73.55/ton, Colombia at $119.51/ton, Indonesia at $82.75/ton, Japan at $60.87/ton, and Russia at $85.12/ton. The product in question is metallurgical coke with an ash content of less than 18%, excluding those with a phosphorus content of up to 0.030% and a particle size of up to 30 millimeters, allowing a particle size tolerance of 5%, used for the production of ultra-low phosphorus metallurgical coke for ferroalloys. This case involves products under Indian customs codes 27040010, 27040020, 27040030, and 27040090.

On March 29, 2025, the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced that it would initiate an anti-dumping investigation into low ash metallurgical coke originating from or imported from China, Australia, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia, in response to an application submitted by the Indian Metallurgical Coke Manufacturers' Association (IMC). The dumping investigation period of the case is from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 (12 months), and the injury investigation period is from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024, and October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024.