Anti-Dumping duty imposed Against Dumped Low Ash Metallurgical Coke

Seeks to impose provisional anti dumping duty on imports of “Low Ash Metallurgical Coke” originating in or exported from Australia, China PR, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia.

The Central Government, through the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), has issued Notification No. 41/2025-Customs (ADD) dated 31 December 2025 imposing provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke falling under specified tariff items of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975. Based on preliminary findings of the designated authority, it was concluded that such goods originating in or exported from Australia, China PR, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan and Russia were being dumped into India at prices below normal value, causing material injury to the domestic industry. Acting under Section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act read with the Anti-Dumping Rules, 1995, the Government has imposed country-specific provisional duties ranging from USD 60.87 per metric tonne to USD 130.66 per metric tonne, irrespective of the producer. The duty will be effective for six months from the date of publication, unless modified earlier, and will be payable in Indian currency based on the applicable exchange rate.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department Of Revenue)

Notification No. 41/2025-Customs (ADD) | Dated: 31st December, 2025

G.S.R. 944(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 14^th November, 2025, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part I, Section 1, dated the 14^th 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

* 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]
DHEERAJ SHARMA, Under Secy.