Brozyna met with the Indian Council for Leather Exports (CLE) following U.S. President Donald Trump’s steep 50% tariffs on India. During his visit, he toured several tanneries that process U.S. hides, including a facility making shoes for U.S. brands. He said: “A 50% tariff on their finished goods will take them out of the game.”
Despite the challenge, Brozyna expressed optimism: “On the upside, we think it is temporary, and India has not retaliated.”
LHCA has also reportedly been working with CLE on a memorandum of understanding aimed at boosting U.S. hide and wet blue exports to India, strengthening ties between the two industries.
