US tariffs land India’s seafood exports in troubled waters in 2025

2025 will be remembered as one of the most challenging periods for India’s seafood export sector with a series of tariff shocks, eroding the industry’s competitiveness in its largest market, the United States. The year with the imposition of a 5.77 per cent Countervailing Duty (CVD) by the United States Department of Commerce, in addition to an existing 2.49 per cent Anti-Dumping Duty (ADD). The situation worsened with the first round of retaliatory US tariffs, which proposed a 26 per cent levy. This placed Indian seafood exporters at a clear disadvantage vis-à-vis competitors Ecuador and Vietnam. Although the US decision…