India’s steel imports drop 8% y-o-y in April-July’25

Imports of steel into India, spanning both carbon and stainless steel products, reached 3.15 million tonnes (mnt) in April-July of the financial year 2025-2026 (FY’26), as per latest data available with BigMint. During the four-month period (4MFY26) arrival of imported steel cargoes at Indian ports fell by 8% y-o-y compared with 3.43 mnt in the same period of FY25.