India imposes import restrictions on low ash metallurgical coke for 6 months

New Delhi: India has imposed import restrictions on low ash metallurgical coke for six months from January 1 to June 30, 2025.

The government has also imposed quantitative restrictions (QR) on imports from certain countries, including Australia, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, and the UK, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification Thursday.

It said the imports would be allowed only against an import authorisation issued by the DGFT for the specified country during the six months. However, the coke with high ash content (above 18%) is outside the scope of this restriction.


Specified QRs are imposed for the imports during two quarters next year:
January-March and April-June.

It added that the country-wise QR will be effective from January 2025 and will cease automatically on June 30, next year.

“If required, the procedure in regard to seeking import authorisation from the DGFT shall be notified separately,” DGFT
said, adding that the application for the imports can be filed on its website and the QR will be monitored on a quarterly basis so that total imports do not exceed the specified quantity.

These imports are subject to certain conditions. Imports would be permitted through electronic data interchange ports only to facilitate electronic/real-time monitoring of the allocated quota.

The country wise restrictions for some countries are 51,276 tonnes for Australia, 78,646 tonnes for China, 2.09 lakh tonnes for Japan, 89,182 tonnes for Russia, 46,478 tonnes for Singapore and 76 tonnes for the UK.