Reciprocal Tariff Pause Announced for Select Countries Under Executive Order 14257
August 1, 2025
Additional 25% Tariff on Indian Imports – Effective August 27, 2025
On August 6, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order imposing an additional 25% tariff on Indian-origin products entering the United States. This measure responds to India’s continued importation of Russian oil, in line with U.S. actions addressing Russia’s ongoing military incursion into Ukraine.
Effective date: 12:01 a.m. ET on August 27, 2025.
Scope of Duties and Stacking per EO.
(a) The ad valorem duty imposed in section 2 of this order shall be in addition to any other duties, fees, taxes, exactions, and charges applicable to such imports, unless subject to existing or future actions under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, in which case the ad valorem duty imposed in this order shall not apply.
(b) The ad valorem duty imposed in section 2 of this order shall not apply to articles that are excepted by 50 U.S.C. 1702(b).
(c) The ad valorem duty imposed in section 2 of this order shall not apply to articles that are set forth in Annex II to Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025 (Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal Tariff To Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade Deficits), as amended.
(d) The ad valorem duty imposed in Executive Order 14257 of April 2, 2025, as amended, shall apply in addition to the ad valorem duty imposed in section 2 of this order, when applicable pursuant to the terms of Executive Order 14257.
(e) Except for those articles that are eligible for admission under “domestic status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.43, articles that are subject to the duty imposed in section 2 of this order and are admitted into a foreign trade zone on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 21 days after the date of this order must be admitted as “privileged foreign status” as defined in 19 CFR 146.41.
Transit exemption: The 25% duty will not apply to goods that:
1. Were loaded and in transit before 12:01 a.m. ET on August 27, 2025; and
2. Are entered for consumption (or withdrawn from warehouse) before 12:01 a.m. ET on September 17, 2025.
You can read the full Executive Order Addressing Threats to The United States by the Government of the Russian Federation – The White House here.
If you have any questions, please contact your Western Overseas account representative.
