India’s seafood exporters are preparing to ship 35,000-40,000 tonnes of shrimp to the United States with orders remaining stable after US President Donald Trump paused a planned 26 per cent reciprocal tariff, reducing the duty to 10 per cent, industry officials said on Monday.
“There is a lot of relief now as we are at par with other exporters to the US. Now the shipments that were held back will be processed,” Seafood Exporters Association of India Secretary General K N Raghavan said. About 2,000 containers of shrimp that had been delayed are now being readied for export following Trump’s April 9 decision to pause the higher tariffs just one week after announcing them on April 2, he said.