Metallurgical Coke Imports by Country

Metallurgical coke imports by country measures the amount of metallurgical coke imported by each country, in million metric tons (Mmt) per year. Metallurgical coke is not mined; it is manufactured by heating metallurgical coal in coke ovens. It is primarily used in steelmaking, so its production and trade are closely linked to the steel industry. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 174 countries with a reported 2024 value and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 31.423 Mmt in 2024, up from 29.469 Mmt in 2023.

The map shows the distribution of metallurgical coke imports in 2024, while the table provides the complete 2019-2024 series.

Metallurgical Coke Imports by Country

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#	Country	2024 (Mmt)
1	India IN	5.14
2	Brazil BR	3.28
3	Indonesia ID	2.59
4	Germany DE	2.53
5	Türkiye TR	1.43
6	United Kingdom GB	1.18
7	Canada CA	1.13
8	Austria AT	1.01
9	South Africa ZA	0.99
10	Malaysia MY	0.95
11	Vietnam VN	0.9
12	Japan JP	0.85
13	France FR	0.84
14	Iran IR	0.79
15	Mexico MX	0.69
16	Ukraine UA	0.66
17	Australia AU	0.53
18	Serbia RS	0.44
19	Spain ES	0.39
20	Norway NO	0.39
21	Belgium BE	0.33
22	Oman OM	0.28
23	Finland FI	0.27
24	Czech Republic CZ	0.26
25	Romania RO	0.26
26	Argentina AR	0.22
27	United Arab Emirates AE	0.21
28	South Korea KR	0.2
29	Bulgaria BG	0.2
30	Algeria DZ	0.18
31	Poland PL	0.18
32	Philippines PH	0.16
33	Taiwan TW	0.16
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0.15
35	Slovakia SK	0.13
36	China CN	0.13
37	United States US	0.12
38	Sweden SE	0.11
39	Netherlands NL	0.11
40	Italy IT	0.11
41	Georgia GE	0.1
42	Gabon GA	0.1
43	Bhutan BT	0.1
44	Pakistan PK	0.09
45	Morocco MA	0.09
46	Egypt EG	0.06
47	Russia RU	0.04
48	Kazakhstan KZ	0.04
49	Saudi Arabia SA	0.04
50	New Caledonia NC	0.03
51	Croatia HR	0.03
52	Bangladesh BD	0.03
53	Thailand TH	0.02
54	Slovenia SI	0.02
55	Uzbekistan UZ	0.02
56	DR Congo CD	0.02
57	Lithuania LT	0.02
58	Tajikistan TJ	0.01
59	Hungary HU	0.01
60	Kuwait KW	0.01
61	Angola AO	0.01
62	Nepal NP	0.01
63	Cambodia KH	0.01
64	Denmark DK	0.01
65	Iceland IS	0.01
66	Portugal PT	0.01
67	Azerbaijan AZ	0.01
68	Uruguay UY	0.01
69	Kenya KE	0.01
70	New Zealand NZ	0.01
71	Switzerland CH	0
72	Malawi MW	0
73	Belarus BY	0
74	Burundi BI	0
75	Cuba CU	0
76	Guinea GN	0
77	Syria SY	0
78	Kyrgyzstan KG	0
79	Mongolia MN	0
80	Chile CL	0
81	Venezuela VE	0
82	Ireland IE	0
83	Ghana GH	0
84	Singapore SG	0
85	Tunisia TN	0
86	Afghanistan AF	0
87	North Macedonia MK	0
88	Peru PE	0
89	Ecuador EC	0
90	Botswana BW	0
91	Jordan JO	0
92	Paraguay PY	0
93	Qatar QA	0
94	Sri Lanka LK	0
95	Tanzania TZ	0
96	Lebanon LB	0
97	Libya LY	0
98	El Salvador SV	0
99	Senegal SN	0
100	Guatemala GT	0
101	Luxembourg LU	0
102	Puerto Rico PR	0
103	Costa Rica CR	0
104	Dominican Republic DO	0
105	Mali ML	0
106	Liberia LR	0
107	Ethiopia ET	0
108	Panama PA	0
109	Cameroon CM	0
110	Seychelles SC	0
111	Zimbabwe ZW	0
112	Bahrain BH	0
113	Honduras HN	0
114	Yemen YE	0
115	Madagascar MG	0
116	Burkina Faso BF	0
117	Niger NE	0
118	Antigua and Barbuda AG	0
119	Armenia AM	0
120	Aruba AW	0
121	Barbados BB	0
122	Belize BZ	0
123	Benin BJ	0
124	Bermuda BM	0
125	Bolivia BO	0
126	Brunei BN	0
127	Myanmar MM	0
128	Cape Verde CV	0
129	Chad TD	0
130	Cook Islands CK	0
131	Ivory Coast CI	0
132	Cyprus CY	0
133	Djibouti DJ	0
134	Equatorial Guinea GQ	0
135	Estonia EE	0
136	Eswatini SZ	0
137	Faroe Islands FO	0
138	Fiji FJ	0
139	French Polynesia PF	0
140	Gibraltar GI	0
141	Greece GR	0
142	Greenland GL	0
143	Grenada GD	0
144	Guinea-Bissau GW	0
145	Guyana GY	0
146	Hong Kong HK	0
147	Iraq IQ	0
148	Israel IL	0
149	Jamaica JM	0
150	Kosovo XK	0
151	Laos LA	0
152	Latvia LV	0
153	Lesotho LS	0
154	Macau MO	0
155	Maldives MV	0
156	Malta MT	0
157	Mauritania MR	0
158	Moldova MD	0
159	Mozambique MZ	0
160	Namibia NA	0
161	Nicaragua NI	0
162	Nigeria NG	0
163	North Korea KP	0
164	Papua New Guinea PG	0
165	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0
166	Somalia SO	0
167	Sudan SD	0
168	Suriname SR	0
169	Bahamas BS	0
170	Togo TG	0
171	Trinidad and Tobago TT	0
172	Turkmenistan TM	0
173	Uganda UG	0
174	Zambia ZM	0

India was the largest importer of metallurgical coke in 2024, accounting for about 16% of the world total. India and Brazil together accounted for about 27%, while the top three countries accounted for about 35%. The top five accounted for about 48%, and the top ten for about 64%, showing that global metallurgical coke imports were distributed across several major markets. India's imports were about 1.6 times higher than Brazil's, the second-largest importer.

Who Leads Metallurgical Coke Imports?

India was the largest metallurgical coke importer in 2024, with 5.135 Mmt, followed by Brazil with 3.276 Mmt and Indonesia with 2.590 Mmt. Germany ranked fourth with 2.525 Mmt, while Türkiye ranked fifth with 1.434 Mmt. The United Kingdom and Canada followed with 1.180 Mmt and 1.131 Mmt, respectively. Together, the top five accounted for about 47.6% of the world total, leaving just over half of reported imports to the remaining countries.

Where Metallurgical Coke Is Concentrated

Metallurgical coke imports were concentrated among a relatively small group of countries in 2024. India was the largest importer in Asia, while Türkiye was among the leading importers in Europe. In North America, Canada was the largest reported importer with 1.131 Mmt, while the United States reported 0.116 Mmt. Overall, the figures show that international metallurgical coke trade is distributed across several major steelmaking markets rather than being dominated by a single country.

What Changed Most Recently? (2023-2024)

India recorded the largest increase in metallurgical coke imports, rising from 3.620 Mmt in 2023 to 5.135 Mmt in 2024. This was an increase of 1.515 Mmt, or about 41.8%. Brazil also increased by 0.789 Mmt, while Türkiye rose by 0.523 Mmt. The United Kingdom recorded the largest decline, falling from 1.781 Mmt to 1.180 Mmt, a decrease of 0.601 Mmt. The world total increased from 29.469 Mmt to 31.423 Mmt, an increase of 1.954 Mmt, or about 6.6%.

How Have Metallurgical Coke Imports Changed Since 2019?

The reported world total increased from 25.321 Mmt in 2019 to 31.423 Mmt in 2024, reaching a low of 24.062 Mmt during the period. India's imports increased from 3.250 Mmt in 2019 to 5.135 Mmt in 2024, while Brazil's rose from 1.307 Mmt to 3.276 Mmt. The data shows that both countries increased their import volumes over the period, while India's position as the largest importer remained ahead of Brazil.

Metallurgical Coke in Context

Metallurgical coke is manufactured by heating metallurgical coal in coke ovens and is primarily used in steelmaking. Unlike raw coal, coke is a processed fuel and reducing agent with properties suited to blast-furnace steel production. Its international trade therefore reflects demand from steelmaking industries as well as the availability of domestic coke production. The EIA reports metallurgical coke separately from other coal types, allowing its trade to be examined independently.

Metallurgical Coke Imports by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	India	3.25	2.57	2.95	6.63	3.62	5.14
2	Brazil	1.31	1.36	1.67	2.6	2.49	3.28
3	Indonesia	0.62	0.94	1.09	1.7	2.48	2.59
4	Germany	1.9	1.6	2.33	2.42	2.64	2.53
5	Türkiye	0.65	0.67	1.08	1.22	0.91	1.43
6	United Kingdom	0.86	1.13	1.09	1.43	1.78	1.18
7	Canada	1.3	1.23	1.23	1.17	1.02	1.13
8	Austria	0.95	0.82	0.92	0.86	1.04	1.01
9	South Africa	0.46	0.09	0.23	0.7	1.12	0.99
10	Malaysia	1.46	1.19	1.03	0.84	0.66	0.95
11	Vietnam	0.8	0.69	1.16	1.07	0.68	0.9
12	Japan	0.68	0.82	2.16	1.12	0.86	0.85
13	France	0.63	0.49	1.51	1.25	0.72	0.84
14	Iran	0.22	0.05	0.03	0.79	0.83	0.79
15	Mexico	1.22	1.03	1.37	1.17	0.78	0.69
16	Ukraine	0.88	0.38	0.79	0.36	0.33	0.66
17	Australia	0.45	0.42	0.32	0.47	0.44	0.53
18	Serbia	0.81	0.47	0.58	0.57	0.91	0.44
19	Spain	0.84	0.89	0.8	0.47	0.26	0.39
20	Norway	0.36	0.32	0.32	0.39	0.36	0.39
21	Belgium	0.34	0.2	0.19	0.46	0.52	0.33
22	Oman	0	0	0	0.05	0.21	0.28
23	Finland	0.32	0.3	0.25	0.33	0.26	0.27
24	Czech Republic	0.21	0.22	0.31	0.24	0.3	0.26
25	Romania	0.8	0.67	0.83	0.67	0.32	0.26
26	Argentina	0.03	0	0.1	0.12	0.34	0.22
27	United Arab Emirates	0.01	0	0	0.05	0.13	0.21
28	South Korea	0.33	0.29	0.34	0.3	0.23	0.2
29	Bulgaria	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.08	0.17	0.2
30	Algeria	0.35	0.22	0.34	0.15	0.24	0.18
31	Poland	0.19	0.19	0.22	0.16	0.12	0.18
32	Philippines	0.01	0	0.01	0.09	0.13	0.16
33	Taiwan	0.27	0.25	0.2	0.21	0.14	0.16
34	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.05	0.03	0.01	0.07	0.07	0.15
35	Slovakia	0.24	0.17	0.16	0.1	0.13	0.13
36	China	0.52	2.98	1.33	0.52	0.24	0.13
37	United States	0.11	0.15	0.11	0.06	0.19	0.12
38	Sweden	0.46	0.13	0.17	0.4	0.1	0.11
39	Netherlands	0.06	0.04	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.11
40	Italy	0.58	0.43	0.63	0.18	0.31	0.11
41	Georgia	0.15	0.08	0.15	0.14	0.08	0.1
42	Gabon	0	0	0	0.08	0.08	0.1
43	Bhutan	0	0	0	0.1	0.08	0.1
44	Pakistan	0.1	0.09	0.1	0.11	0.1	0.09
45	Morocco	0	0	0	0.12	0.13	0.09
46	Egypt	0.05	0.02	0.06	0	0.16	0.06
47	Russia	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.01	0.05	0.04
48	Kazakhstan	0.1	0.07	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.04
49	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0.05	0.09	0.04
50	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0.03	0.02	0.03
51	Croatia	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
52	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0.04	0.04	0.03
53	Thailand	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.02
54	Slovenia	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02
55	Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0.01	0.03	0.02
56	DR Congo	0	0	0	0	0.06	0.02
57	Lithuania	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02
58	Tajikistan	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
59	Hungary	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.01
60	Kuwait	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
61	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
62	Nepal	0	0	0	0.02	0.01	0.01
63	Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.01
64	Denmark	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01
65	Iceland	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
66	Portugal	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0.01
67	Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
68	Uruguay	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
69	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
70	New Zealand	0.02	0.01	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
71	Switzerland	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0
72	Malawi	0	0	0	0	0.02	0
73	Belarus	0.05	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.01	0
74	Burundi	0	0	0	0	0.01	0
75	Cuba	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
76	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	Syria	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	Chile	0.01	0	0.01	0.05	0	0
81	Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	Ireland	0.02	0.01	0	0	0	0
83	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	Singapore	0.01	0	0.01	0	0	0
85	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	Peru	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	Ecuador	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Botswana	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	Paraguay	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	Tanzania	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0.05	0
100	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0
101	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0
102	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0
103	Costa Rica	0	0	0	0	0	0
104	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0
105	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	Liberia	0	0	0	0	0	0
107	Ethiopia	0	0	0	0	0	0
108	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0
109	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0
110	Seychelles	0	0	0	0	0	0
111	Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	0	0
112	Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0
113	Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0
114	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0.01	0
115	Madagascar	0	0	0	0	0	0
116	Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	0	0
117	Niger	0	0	0	0	0	0
118	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	0	0
119	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0
120	Aruba	0	0	0	0	0	0
121	Barbados	0	0	0	0	0	0
122	Belize	0	0	0	0	0	0
123	Benin	0	0	0	0	0.01	0
124	Bermuda	0	0	0	0	0	0
125	Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0	0
126	Brunei	0	0	0	0	0	0
127	Myanmar	0.01	0	0	0	0	0
128	Cape Verde	0	0	0	0	0	0
129	Chad	0	0	0	0	0	0
130	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
131	Ivory Coast	0	0	0	0	0	0
132	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0
133	Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0.02	0
134	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0
135	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
136	Eswatini	0	0	0	0	0	0
137	Faroe Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
138	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0
139	French Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
140	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0	0	0
141	Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0
142	Greenland	0	0	0	0	0	0
143	Grenada	0	0	0	0	0	0
144	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0	0	0	0
145	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0
146	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0
147	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0
148	Israel	0	0	0	0	0	0
149	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	0	0
150	Kosovo	0	0	0	0	0	0
151	Laos	0	0	0	0	0	0
152	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0
153	Lesotho	0	0	0	0	0	0
154	Macau	0	0	0	0	0	0
155	Maldives	0	0	0	0	0	0
156	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0
157	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0
158	Moldova	0	0	0	0	0	0
159	Mozambique	0	0	0	0.01	0	0
160	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0
161	Nicaragua	0	0	0	0	0	0
162	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0
163	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0
164	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0
165	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	0	0	0	0.01	0
166	Somalia	0	0	0	0	0	0
167	Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0
168	Suriname	0	0	0	0	0	0
169	Bahamas	0	0	0	0	0	0
170	Togo	0	0	0	0.02	0.01	0
171	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0	0	0
172	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
173	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0
174	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0.1	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent annual metallurgical coke imports in million metric tons (Mmt). Where no value is available, the cell is left empty. A value of 0 indicates that the source reports zero. The sum of individually listed countries may differ slightly from the reported world total because of rounding. This page covers metallurgical coke imports only and does not include other coal types, which are reported separately in the source.