The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has imposed country-wise quantitative restrictions (QR) for two quarters of 2025, including January-March and April-June, limiting imports to 713,583 tonnes for each quarter. 

Dec 31, 2024

In a move aimed to protect domestic producers, the Government of India has restricted the import of low ash metallurgical coke (met coke), a key steelmaking ingredient, for six months, starting January 1, 2025.

As per a notification issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), a department under the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the import of met coke having ash content below 18 percent has been placed under the restricted list.

The country-wise quantitative restrictions (QR) have been imposed for two quarters of 2025, including January-March and April-June, limiting imports to 713,583 tonnes for each quarter.

Imports coming from Poland would be affected most, restricted at 253,168 tonnes for each quarter, followed by Colombia restricted to 124,886 tonnes for each quarter and Japan imports limited at 104,990 tonnes per quarter.

As per the notification, the quota would be monitored on a quarterly basis. Total imports allowed in one quarter should not exceed the total of that quarter and the next quarter. Any unutilised quota for one quarter should be added to the next quarter. 

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In case the countries with specific quantities exhaust their allocated QR’s, they may use their available residual quantity. The DGFT would review utilization of imports in the first week of April, 2025, and may revise the allocated quantities based on the actual imports affected, it added.