American 25 % duties for imported cars and light trucks came into force. Cars from Mexico and Canada were partially turned off. Additional tax on car and computers imports is to be implemented on May 3.
According to the information posted in the Federal Register Official Journal, 25 percent Car duties are to include passenger vehicles and light trucks imported from abroad. The exception are those imported according to the rules of the USMCA trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. In their cases, customs will be calculated depending on the number of components from abroad. The production process of American and other car concerns often includes parts and factories in all three countries. It is only a month later that the duties for car parts will enter into force. As reported by the Reuters agency, the parties unexpectedly include computers in the documents – both on -board computers in cars and any other.
Dutch cars were imposed separately against mutual duties on products from all countries of the world announced on Wednesday. However, as it results from the White House announcement, new mutual duties will not further increase tax rates on car imports.
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Which will suffer from the automotive duties
According to data from the Tradeimex portal, the largest cars exporter to USA There is Mexico, which is responsible for almost 25 percent. The cars imported there and which, like Canada (13 %), has a factory of American car manufacturers on its territory. In the next places they are Japan (18.6 percent), South Korea (17.3 percent). From European countries, the greatest exporters are Germany, Great Britain, Slovakia, Italy And Sweden.
American duties on cars entered into force.PAP/EPA/Neil Hall
Poland is not a significant source of imported ready cars for America, but exports a large number of parts and accessories, whose value in 2024 amounted to $ 311 million. At the beginning of March the president Donald Trump He decided to delay the entry into force of customs cars and parts from Mexico and Canada at the request of American automotive concerns, which warned that the duties would significantly raise both the cost of car production – because during the production of parts they repeatedly exceed the border – like the costs of American consumers. Economists predicted that only customs duties to Canada and Mexico can raise cars prices by up to 12,000. dollars.
Source of the main photo: PAP/EPA/Neil Hall