Russia increases coking coal exports to India

Moscow, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) Russia's coking coal supplies to India in the last fiscal year increased almost 1.7 times to 8.2 million tons, Vedomosti newspaper informed on Tuesday.

April 22, 2025
09:15

The publication included an April review by Indian analytical company BigMint, stressing that the country bought 57 million tons of coking coal during such a period. Russia accounted for 16 percent of all imports from that market.

Russia is among the top three suppliers of metallurgical coal to India, after Australia, with 30.4 million tons, and the United States, with 8.6 million tons.

Russian coking coal exports to the Asian nation have nearly tripled in the last three years, according to data from the Indian Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Quoting a Price Index Center (PIC) study, the publication reported in February that in 2024, the total supply of Russian coal to India fell by 37 percent to 25 million tons, compared to the previous year.

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