Srinagar, Oct 24: The 50 per cent tariff imposed by the US President Donald Trump has already dealt a blow to the export of handicrafts from Kashmir to the US, which are now heavily taxed. However, in the backdrop of tariffs and a subsequent global trade uncertainty, a key trend has emerged in the form of stringent regulation over import of goods in some leading markets.

Although handicrafts from Kashmir, which make way to overseas markets, have of late witnessed signs of revival, after a freefall in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, there are certain recent global regulations that have put exporters of Kashmir handicrafts on tenterhooks. President of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI), Javed Tenga said that after the setback suffered due to the levy of huge t

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