India’s commodity-wise steel imports in 4M FY’26

Imports of finished flat steels, primarily plates and coils, reached nearly 2 mnt during 4MFY’26, which had a share of around 63% of total imports. Imports of finished flats fell sharply by 26% y-o-y. While imports of semis jumped y-o-y to over 0.5 mnt during the period, imports of long steel products increased marginally to 0.1 mnt. At 0.53 mnt, stainless steel imports dropped 6%.