Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday imposing an additional 25% tariff on goods from India, saying the country directly or indirectly imported Russian oil, Reuters reports.
The decision was relayed through an executive order, titled "Addressing threats to the United States by the government of the Russian Federation".
However, the additional tariff will kick in after 21 days, meaning India has been given some room to negotiate.
Trump had sounded numerous warnings to India before.
"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," the president posted on his social media network, Truth Social, on Monday "Because of this, I will be substantially raising the Tariff paid by India to the USA.
"Also, they have always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia's largest buyer of ENERGY, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to STOP THE KILLING IN UKRAINE — ALL THINGS NOT GOOD!"
India is the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer.
It received about 1.75 million barrels per day of Russian oil in January-June this year, up 1% from a year ago, data showed last month.
During those six months, Russia continued to be the top supplier to India, accounting for about 35% of India's overall oil supplies.
India's purchases of Russian oil sold at discounted rates surged after Western nations imposed sanctions and stopped buying oil from Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
In June, India's Russian oil imports rose 17.4% from the previous month, to about 2 million barrels per day.
Private refiners bought nearly 60% of India's Russian oil imports in the first half of 2025. Some have annual deals with Moscow and are the biggest Russian oil buyers in India.
India's four state refiners, who control more than 60% of India's overall 5.2 million barrels per day refining capacity, bought the remainder.
But in late July, sources told Reuters that the state refiners stopped buying Russian oil amid shrinking discounts and Trump's threats on buyers of Russian oil exports.
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