Coking coal imports, essential for the steel sector, rose to 4.50 MT compared to 3.39 MT a year ago. For the April-September 2025 period, non-coking coal imports declined to 86.06 MT from 91.92 MT in the corresponding period last year, while coking coal import climbed to 31.54 MT from 28.18 MT, according to data compiled by mjunction services.