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Following up connected his earlier representations, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin connected Thursday (December 18, 2025) wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterating his petition for the solution of the contented of the 50% tariffs imposed by the United States of America (USA). He went connected to database however Tamil Nadu has been affected by the issue. The tariffs person translated into a “combined regular nonaccomplishment of ₹60 crore successful revenue” for exporters crossed assorted districts of Tamil Nadu, helium said.
Flagging a “deep consciousness of urgency and concern” implicit the escalating situation successful Tamil Nadu’s export sectors pursuing the U.S.’ imposition of the tariffs connected Indian exports, Mr. Stalin said the State formed the backbone of India’s textile and apparel exports. Tamil Nadu accounted for 28% of the country’s textile exports and provided employment to astir 75 lakh workers. He added that the State besides contributed astir 40% of India’s leather and footwear exports, employing implicit 10 lakh workers.
“The existent commercialized stalemate is not simply an economical setback but a looming humanitarian situation owed to the irreparable harm caused by the tariffs. In Tiruppur – the Knitwear Capital of India – exporters person reported a staggering wipeout of ₹15,000 crore successful confirmed orders, coupled with enforced accumulation cuts of up to 30% crossed units. New orders are besides drying up astatine an alarming rate,” Mr. Stalin said.
The tariffs person translated into a “combined regular nonaccomplishment of ₹60 crore successful revenues” for exporters successful Tiruppur, Coimbatore, Erode, and Karur districts, pushing galore tiny and mean enterprises to the brink of collapse. A likewise dismal script is being witnessed successful the footwear clusters of Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupattur districts, Mr. Stalin said.
Loss of markets
These tariffs were squeezing nett margins and compelling exporters to connection heavy discounts conscionable to clasp their clientele, frankincense eroding their competitiveness and viability, the Chief Minister said. “The ripple effects are profound: lakhs of jobs bent successful the balance, with the sectors already witnessing layoffs and wage deferrals that endanger the stableness of full communities. Worse still, planetary buyers are rapidly diverting orders to competitors similar Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Cambodia, which person a existent tariff vantage implicit us.”
Once these markets were lost, “regaining them would beryllium an uphill battle, arsenic entrenched proviso chains seldom revert back,” Mr. Stalin pointed out, and added that it has “ominous semipermanent implications for the aboriginal employment prospects of our youth, particularly women.”
Mr. Stalin further implored the Prime Minister to prioritise solution of this tariff contented done a bilateral statement astatine the earliest. “A swift determination would not lone revive our exporters’ fortunes but besides reenforce India’s presumption arsenic a reliable planetary manufacturing hub. Being assured successful your committedness to fostering equitable commercialized and protecting home industries and jobs, I look guardant to an aboriginal solution of this impasse.”
