The United States has officially issued a public notice imposing an additional 25 per cent tariffs on imports from India. The new duties will come into effect tomorrow.
The notice has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security through US Customs and Border Protection (CBP). It said the tariffs were implemented in President Donald Trump’s Executive Order signed on August 6. The tariffs will apply to a broad range of Indian products listed in the annexe to the notice.
In August this year, Trump slapped an additional 25 per cent tariff, raising the overall levy to 50 per cent on goods coming from India, as a penalty for New Delhi’s continued purchase of Russian oil.
India has decried the so-called secondary tariffs as unfair, unjustified and unreasonable. India reiterated that it will do whatever it can to safeguard its national interest.
Indian exporters are preparing for impact after the US Department of Homeland Security in a notification confirmed that the Donald Trump administration is imposing an additional 25 per cent tariff on all Indian-origin goods from August 27, in a bid to ramp up trade pressure on New Delhi.
With DHS’ confirmation, India has become among the highest-tariffed countries in the world along with Brazil, facing 50 per cent export duties on all its goods.
“To effectuate the President’s Executive Order 14329 of August 6, 2025… which imposed a specified rate of duty on imports of articles that are products of India, the Secretary of Homeland Security has determined that appropriate action is needed to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) as set out in the Annex to this notice,” the DHS notification said.
The additional US tariffs on India were first announced by President Donald Trump as punishment for New Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil.
According to the Homeland Security, new duties will apply to goods entering the US for consumption or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption from 12:01 a.m. EDT on Wednesday or 9:31 a.m. IST.