The United States will raise its tariff on imports from India, U.S. President Donald Trump has said, as India has continued to buy oil from Russia.
The U.S. levy on Indian goods is currently 10%, and was already set to be raised to 25% from Friday. India has been the largest buyer of seaborne crude from Russia in recent months, importing around 1.75 million barrels of oil per day in the first half of 2025.
“India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits. They don’t care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine,” wrote Trump on Truth Social.
“India has been targeted by the United States and the European Union for importing oil from Russia after the commencement of the Ukraine conflict. In fact, India began importing from Russia because traditional supplies were diverted to Europe after the outbreak of the conflict,” according to a spokesperson from India’s Ministry of External Affairs.
The U.S. has yet to announce the expected new tariff rate, though Trump wrote that it would be “substantially” raised.
While Trump claimed on Friday that India planned to stop purchasing Russian oil following a Reuters report of a pause, Indian officials denied this.
In July, Trump set a 50-day deadline for Russia to negotiate an end to its invasion of Ukraine, threatening secondary sanctions on Russian trading partners. He later cut this deadline to “10 or 12” days at the end of the month.
Trump has also said that the U.S. could impose secondary sanctions before its deadline was reached.
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