Trade deal opens the U.S. textile market of $118 billion to India

The Union Ministry of Textiles said connected Saturday that the statement betwixt India and the U.S. opens up a $118 cardinal U.S. planetary imports marketplace of textiles, apparels, and made ups.

With the U.S. being India’s largest export destination of astir $10.5 billion, the woody is expected to play a pivotal relation successful India achieving its intended people of $100 cardinal exports successful 2030.

The 18% reciprocal tariffs connected each the textile products, including apparel and madeups, volition region the disadvantage that Indian exporters had and besides spot them successful a amended presumption than Bangladesh (20%), China (30%), Pakistan (19%) and Vietnam (20%), the Ministry said.

The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry president Ashwin Chandran said India’s textile and apparel exports tin erstwhile again vie efficaciously successful the U.S. The U.S. imports of textiles and apparel from India dropped 31.4% successful November 2025 compared to November 2024. The manufacture is awaiting much clarity connected fabric arsenic India’s exports of textiles and apparel are chiefly driven by cotton.

A. Sakthivel, president of the AEPC, said the India- USA commercialized statement volition besides code the contented of non-tariff barriers to commercialized and trim the compliance load and procedural delays starring to the faster question of goods to the U.S. market.