Days after the 90-day pause on America’s country-specific reciprocal tariffs kicked in, exporters are seeing a resumption of outbound shipments to the United States (US) on the basis of existing orders although the fate of fresh orders remains uncertain.
With the US now imposing a 10 per cent import tariff on all its trade partners except China, American buyers are asking Indian sellers to absorb one-third to half the additional tariff imposed, exporters said.
In sectors such as apparel, sellers are trying to utilise the 90-day window to send their shipments to the US before July 9.
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