Kanpur, Aug. 27 -- As the US 50 per cent tariff on Indian imports comes into effect from Wednesday, leather businessmen from Kanpur expressed disappointment over the decision.

Shamim Azad, a leather exporter, stated that the United Kingdom is currently experiencing a recession and he had some work in the US, but it has completely "flopped" at present. He mentioned that the US customers have asked them to put the orders on hold due to the tariffs.

"It will be implemented from today. The UK is going through a recession, and we had some work in the US that also flopped. Customers asked us to cancel the orders we had already placed. Our US customer said that there will be no production until a decision is taken on tariff. The situation is v...