The Prime Minister’s Office on Monday met exporters from the sectors hit by the additional 50% duties imposed by the US to discuss measures for enhancing their competitiveness, sources said. Representatives of sectors namely apparel and garments, leather, engineering, marine products, handicrafts, and gems and jewellery attended the meeting. The meeting was against the backdrop of decline in exports to the US from these sectors in September.

What exactly transpired in the meeting, which was held late in the day, could not be immediately ascertained. The government has indicated that exporters will be given some succour in the wake of the hefty US tariffs, but it wanted to gauge the export trends before determining the exact details of the package.

At the same time, government sources hav

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