India’s seafood exporters are gearing up to dispatch between 35,000 and 40,000 tonnes of shrimp to the United States, following the announcement of a pause in the implementation of steep new tariffs by the US president Donald Trump. Industry officials confirmed on Monday that orders from American buyers remain stable after Trump delayed the 26 per cent reciprocal tariff, keeping the current duty at 10 per cent. The pause sparked relief across the sector, with exporters now rushing to process thousands of delayed shipments. “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,” said K N Raghavan, secretary general of the seafood exporters association of India. Approximately 2,000 containers of shrimp, which were previously held up due to uncertainty around the new tariffs, are now being prepared for export.
