Trump customs duties are concerned by the American air industry sector

US satellite airlines and satellite airport are warning that the US President Donald Trump’s management fees may lead to a decline in the good trade surplus achieved by the sector over more than 70 years.

The US Department of Commerce began at the request of Trump, on May 1, to determine whether it had to impose customs duties ranging between 10% and 20% on civilian aircraft and cut them, including engines. But the sector that put these fees to protect, was quick to assure the administration that it was not interested in protection.

In a letter to the Minister of Commerce and Space Industries, the Association of Air and Space Industries said, “France Press” obtained a copy of it, that “imposing large customs and non -customs commercial barriers on the imports of civil aviation technology, which involves the risk of canceling decades of progress and harming local supply chains.” It was given a deadline for the parties concerned until the third of June, to express their positions.

The next day, Lottnk announced that Washington aims to “determine the standard for customs duties on cutting aircraft” by late this month.

He said, “The basis is to protect this sector,” adding: “We will use these fees to improve the American sector,” but the AIA and Airlines Four America – A4A expressed their concern that the fees may harm the American manufacturers in the end.

“Unlike other sectors, civil aviation industries sector gives priority to local production for high value and final assembly.” According to the organization, the value of the exports of the American satellite and defense industries sectors amounted to $ 135.9 billion in 2023, including 113.9 billion dollars for civil aviation alone. This allowed the sector to achieve a trade surplus of 74.5 billion dollars, and investing 34.5 billion dollars in research and development, the organization said.

The sector employs more than 2.2 million people in the United States in more than 100,000 companies, in 2023 it was produced by about $ 545 billion. In response to Lutenic, Earlias Four America focused on the role of the International Trade Trade Agreement “in helping to alleviate customs duties and commercial barriers over more than half a century.

She said that “the American civil aviation sector is a success story that President Trump is searching for, as the sector is leading the civilian space air industries worldwide.” She pointed out that 84% of production was essentially an American, stressing that Washington “does not need to repair the remaining 16%”. She added that “the current trade framework improved our economy and national security, which is a vital part of maintaining our national security over time.”

Experts warn that for manufacturers, potential customs duties will be more like sands that disrupt a machine that was working completely smoothly for decades. It would also be with the balance of very sensitive supply chains, which are still recovering from the Coveyd-19 epidemic crisis.

• The civil aviation sector, which was placed in the fees to protect, was quick to assure the administration that it is not interested in protection.