Government of India Ministry of Commerce & industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Trade Remedies notified that Mr Sunil Kumar Additional Secretary & Director General will hold Oral Hearing in the matter of imports of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke originating in or exported from China on 24.04.2019 at 04:00 PM at DGTR Conference Room Jeevan Tara Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi.

Those representing the interested party shall be allowed to attend the hearing and will be required to submit two copies of the written submissions of the views expressed at the hearing within a time schedule to be indicated on the date of the hearing.

Indian Metallurgical Coke Manufacturers Association, on behalf of the domestic producers in India, namely, Saurashtra Fuels Pvt Ltd, Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd, Carbon Edge Industries Ltd, Bhatia Coke and Energy Ltd and Basudha Udyog Pvt Ltd has submitted an application for initiation of anti-dumping investigation and imposition of anti dumping duty on the imports of alleged dumping of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke, originating in or exported from Australia and China PR. The Authority prima facie finds that sufficient evidence of dumping of the subject goods, originating in or exported from the subject countries; injury to the domestic industry.

The product under consideration in the present investigation is Low Ash Metallurgical Coke (Met Coke).The product under consideration does not include other Metallurgical Coke with high ash content which is in excess of 18%. Low Ash Met Coke is produced by destructive distillation of coking coal in the absence/regulated presence of oxygen at high temperatures (ranging between 1100 to 1350 degree centigrade) causing the coal to soften, liquefy and then re-solidify into hard but porous lumps. Met Coke is a form of carbon along with some mineral and residual volatile material. Met Coke is used as a primary fuel in industries where a uniform and high temperature is required in kilns or furnaces. Met Coke is used in various industries including pig iron, foundries, ferro alloys, chemical, integrated steel plants and others. The subject goods are classified under Custom Headings 27040030. Although, the subject goods classified under the Chapter Heading 27040030, the subject goods are also being imported in other Customs Headings i.e. 27040090, 27040010, 27040020 etc. 

The applicant has stated that there are some steel manufacturers who produce Met Coke for their captive consumption. The Applicant has provided the details of the names of the steel producers as available having production of Met Coke for captive consumption, namely, Steel Authority of India Limited, Tata Steel Ltd, JSW Steel Ltd, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, Bhushan Steel Ltd, Jayaswal Neco Industries Ltd, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd, Jai Balaji Industries Ltd and Usha Martin Ltd. Ti