New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- India has a large domestic steel market and can sustain its steel industry without depending on exports to the United States, Jindal Steel Chairman and Member of Parliament Naveen Jindal said on Monday, asserting that higher US tariffs would have limited impact on Indian steel producers.

Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the 53rd National Management Convention 2026, Jindal said Indian steel products had already faced high tariffs in the US market for several years.

"A lot of products in steel already have more than 200% tariff for more than a decade. So US could put 100% or 200% on steel. It doesn't help. Even with 50%, when it was 50%, we were not exporting any steel to the US. So India is a very big mark...