India lays out tariffs and quotas for U.K. vehicles under trade deal
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade has issued quota and tariff schedules for U.K. passenger vehicle imports under the India-U.K. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.
- The India-U.K. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement is the bilateral framework under which India has notified vehicle import quotas and tariffs.
- The Directorate General of Foreign Trade has issued the notification that sets the quota and tariff schedule for passenger vehicles from the United Kingdom.
- The notification applies to completely built units of petrol and diesel passenger cars and also covers electric vehicles, hybrids, and hydrogen-based passenger vehicles.
What happened
India has published quota and tariff schedules for importing passenger vehicles from the United Kingdom under the India-U.K. Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The agreement is scheduled to come into force on July 15, 2026.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade notification provides concessional import duties and quota limits for passenger vehicles, including conventional fuel cars and alternative-fuel models.
UPSC may test how tariff-rate quotas balance market access commitments under a free trade agreement with protection for domestic automobile manufacturing, especially in a sensitive sector such as passenger vehicles.
