Indian Pharma imports tariff reduced from 30% to 0% by China after America increased to 100%

As per recent news of 28th Sept’ 2025, China reduced its pharma imports tariff on India from 30% to 0%. This news comes after US President Donald J Trump announced to impose 100% tariff on branded and patented pharmaceutical product imports from India since October 2025, this announcement was done on 25th Sept’ 2025.

We have posted a separate blog on How India is creating an opportunity out of adversity by USA tariff pressure.

For India’s merchandise exports to USA, the overall share of pharma industry to USA is 12% and value of 10.51 billion USD.

Below is the share of different sectors for USA merchandise exports from India for overall amount of USD 86.51 billion.