By Admin 
Trump Tariff: America’s 50 percent tariff imposed on India has been implemented since yesterday. Its effect can be seen on many industries of the country. One of these is India’s textile industry, for which America is the largest market for exports. In January-May 2025, US $ 4.59 billion clothing was exported from India to the US, which is 13 percent more than the previous year.
Why Indian clothes demand in America?
People in America prefer to buy India’s affordable and better quality clothes. This is the reason that India’s share in America’s Garment Import Market has increased. Now due to tariffs, these products will become expensive, which will make it less competitive in American markets than other Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Vietnam, China. In such a situation, what next?
India is eyeing these countries
If there is a problem, then it can also be solved. According to media reports, amidst the heavy tariffs imposed in the US, India is focusing on increasing its scope in 40 countries like Britain, Japan and South Korea to promote its textile exports.
Other countries include Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Belgium, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates and Australia. India wants to establish itself as a textile product supplier of better quality and design in these countries. Although India exports 220 countries, imports in these 40 countries can be done on a large scale.
Bad effect on the country’s textile industry
According to a business line report, talking on the US high tariff, the Apectary General Mithileshwar Thakur of the Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) said that the textile sector has been the worst affected with a US $ 10.3 billion exports.
This sector of the country had compromised with the baseline tariff of 25 percent of the US earlier, it was also ready to bear this increased expenses. But 50 percent tariffs have effectively excluded the Indian apparel industry as a difference of 30-31 % is shattered between tariffs on major competitive countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Indonesia.
Now what next?
He said that the country’s textile industry hopes that there will be some immediate relief from the government to stay in the US market until favorable terms of trade through bilateral trade agreement with the US.
He further said, “This is very important because once the buyer gets a second option with a low rate, it is not easy to get back the lost land and get a share in the market.
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