India's coking coal imports from Australia drop to 54% in 2025
India's reliance on Australian coking coal decreased significantly over the past few years.
The Brief
- Australia's share of India's coking coal imports fell to 54% in 2025 from 73% in 2019.
- India's total coking coal imports rose to 58 million mt in 2024-25 from 57 million mt the previous year.
- Imports from Russia, the US, Mozambique, and Indonesia increased in 2025.
India's ministry of steel reported that imports from Australia accounted for 54 percent of total coking coal imports in 2025, down from 73 percent in 2019. The ministry made this statement before a parliamentary committee on November 5.
The ministry also stated that approximately 90 percent of coking coal demand from blast furnace operators was met through imports.
Russia's share of India's total coking coal imports increased from 0.62 percent to 8.15 percent in 2025. The US share rose from eight percent to 17 percent during the same period.
Mozambique's share of imports increased from four percent to 7.31 percent, while Indonesia's share rose from 2.46 percent to four percent, according to the steel ministry's statement.
India's steel sector imported 58 million metric tons of coking coal in the fiscal year 2024-25, up from 57 million metric tons in the previous fiscal year.
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