The Trump Administration announced in an executive order that it will institute and impose an additional 25% on imports of goods with a country of origin India effective August 27, 2025 to address India’s imports of Russian oil. The administration instituted these additional tariffs as India purchased Russian oil and the executive order states that the Commerce Secretary, Treasury Secretary and Secretary of State “shall determine whether any other country is directly or indirectly importing Russian Federation oil,” and “shall recommend whether and to what extent I should take action as to that country, including whether I should impose an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 25 percent on imports.”
The additional 25% tariff will be stacked on top of the existing 25% reciprocal tariff announced on August 1, 2025, which goes into effect on August 7, 2025. If goods are subject to existing or future Section 232 tariffs then the additional 25% tariff will not apply. If a good is already exempt from reciprocal tariffs then the additional 25% will not apply as well. The new executive order provisions for an in-transit exemption for goods loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and which is in transit on the final mode of transport prior to 12:01am Eastern Time on August 27, 2025, and entered before September 17, 2025.
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