US tariff uncertainty: Export orders to India continue, exporters hope for a trade deal before August 1 deadline

Despite the uncertainty about the high tariff by the United States as well as the commercial deal in India and the United States, export orders continue. Industry sources said that they have not yet faced any problems in receiving export orders and that it is usual.

A source in the industry said: “It has already been established a lot of uncertainty in the customs tariff, with the United States declaring it by the United States on an almost daily basis, buyers began to take into account equality in the session,” adding that export orders and shipments from American buyers remain on the right path.

Sources are also still optimistic that a small deal between India and the United States will be signed before the deadline on August 1, helping them to obtain some concessions and stop the 26 % higher tariffs.

The official sources said that the Indian team for the bilateral trade agreement with the United States is scheduled to resume negotiations and will visit Washington, DC, next week.

However, some sectors such as textiles, clothes and shoes have a competitive cost of cost compared to the mutual definitions facing other countries.

“The 26 % current customs tariff gives India the cost of the cost of natural clothes in Bangladesh. Now export orders are still coming,” said Mithileshwar Thakur, the Secretary -General of the AEPC.

The United States is the largest market for textile exports and clothing. During January 2025, the value of American textiles and clothing from India reached 5.11 billion dollars, an increase of more than 13 % compared to the same period last year when the number reached $ 4.51 billion, as he put it from the Confederation of Indian textile industry (CITI).

“We are following actively providing the latest tariff advertisements, including their impact on specific sectors, because they relate to many countries that are our competitors in the textile export and clothing yard,” said Rakish Mehra, CITI president.

Meanwhile, a new report issued by GTRI warned that India should remain cautious, given that the United States proposes a new tariff, which is the latest tariff of 10 % on all BRICS countries, including India, to use non -dollar currencies in trade.

“While India to sign such a deal, the United States has simultaneously proposed a 10 % tariff for all BRICS countries, including India, accused of undermining the dollar. It also submitted a draft law from the two parties to impose 500 % on countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas – targeting energy security in India.

These aggressive movements indicate that even after a deal, the United States may still impose a new tariff on political foundations. India must deal with these risks, protect strategic and economic self -government, and ensure that any agreement serves long -term national interests, as he emphasized.