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Disruptive Thoughts

BOTH INDIANS AND AMERICANS LOVE PEANUTS

  • Writer: Outrageously Yours
    Outrageously Yours
  • Mar 21
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 22

The key metric that truly captures the tariff imbalance, rather than just looking at individual product tariffs is


Exactly! Based on these trade figures:


  • Tariff Revenue collected by the U.S. on Indian imports:


83.77×0.03=USD 2.5 billion (approx.) 


  • Tariff Revenue collected by India on U.S. imports:


41.4×0.17= 7.0 billion (approx.) 


This is the key metric that truly captures the tariff imbalance, rather than just looking at individual product tariffs.


The difference between the tariff revenues collected is USD 4.5 billion, which is peanuts compared to the value that both countries can leverage through a healthy relationship.



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