Six months after imposition of the levy, the government has cut the export duty on steel products and iron ore with effect from Saturday, November 19, 2022.
As per a Finance Ministry notification issued late night on Friday, exports of specified pig iron and steel products as well as iron ore pellets will attract 'nil' export duty.
Also, export duty on outward shipment of iron ore lumps and fines with less than 58% iron content will be 'nil'.
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In the case of iron ore lumps and fines with more than 58% iron, the rate of duty will be 30%.
As per the notification, import duty on anthracite/PCI, coking coal and ferronickel used as raw material in the steel industry ¬ has been hiked to 2.5%, while for coke and semi-coke it has been raised to 5%, from 'nil' earlier.