{"id":16462,"date":"2025-09-26T13:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=16462"},"modified":"2025-09-26T13:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T08:40:01","slug":"trump-to-impose-100-import-tax-on-branded-pharma-products-from-october-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=16462","title":{"rendered":"Trump to Impose 100% Import Tax on Branded Pharma Products from October 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1455\" data-end=\"1622\"><strong>U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that, starting October 1, the import tax on all branded and patented pharmaceutical products will be raised to 100 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1624\" data-end=\"1850\">According to a statement released by the Trump administration, the new tariff will apply to pharmaceutical companies that do not already have a production plant in the United States or have not yet begun construction of one.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1852\" data-end=\"2042\">The administration noted that this move is part of Trump\u2019s new trade policy aimed at protecting domestic industries, strengthening local production, and reducing reliance on foreign goods.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2446\">Meanwhile, Indian media reports claimed that since the U.S. is a major buyer of Indian medicines, and most of India\u2019s exports consist of generic drugs, these products may not fall under the new tax. As a result, the immediate impact could be limited. However, if the tariffs are applied directly to patented and branded medicines, it could put significant pressure on India\u2019s pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2448\" data-end=\"2599\">Following the announcement, the Indian stock market reacted negatively, with shares of major pharmaceutical companies experiencing a notable decline.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2601\" data-end=\"2713\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that, starting October 1, the import tax on all branded and patented pharmaceutical products will be raised to 100 percent. According to a statement released by the Trump administration, the new tariff will apply to pharmaceutical companies that do not already have a production plant in the United States [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[2116,8663,8659,8661,8660,8662],"class_list":["post-16462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-drug-companies","tag-import-tax","tag-indian-economy","tag-pharma-industry","tag-us-trade-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16464,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16462\/revisions\/16464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}