India to restrain met coke imports for six months from Jan 2025

New Delhi is to restrict imports of low-ash metallurgical coke, excluding coke fines and coke breeze, for six months starting from January 1 2025, according to a government order published on December 26. Met coke with an ash content higher than 18% will not be subject to the quantitative restrictions, however.

The move mainly aims to shield domestic coke producers from the excessive impact of surging met coke import volumes, Mysteel Global learned. The import restrictions will oblige exporters in the countries affected to obtain prior authorization from India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to enter the Indian market. For the