IMPACT OF TARIFFS ON TEXTILE SECTOR

• India's textile & apparel (T&A) sector is export-sensitive: it contributed 8.63% of total merchandise exports in 2024-25, valued at USD 37.7 billion, with the USA absorbing ~28.97% of T&A shipments.
• A 2025-26 wave of US reciprocal/ad-valorem tariffs (and their partial roll-back via a bilateral arrangement) directly shapes order books in Tirupur, Coimbatore, Surat, Panipat, Ludhiana — a live GS-III economy + GS-II IR issue.
• Examinable angles: RoSCTL, PLI-Textiles, PM MITRA Parks, India-US BTA, WTO rules on countervailing/reciprocal duties.