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UKFT welcomes FTA with India

For UK retailers, importers and consumers, Indian tariffs will be slashed.

7th May 2025

Knitting Industry
 |  United Kingdom

Knitted Outerwear

The UK and India have signed a landmark trade agreement intended to increase the volume and depth of trade between the two countries.

The London-headquartered UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) has been working closely with the UK government to ensure that the deal is meaningful and beneficial for the UK fashion and textile industry at the same time as protecting the UK manufacturing industry from unfair competition and protecting the UK’s trading relationships with other countries under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) with countries including Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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