President Donald Trump signed a decree on Tuesday April 29, aimed at preventing car manufacturers producing in the United States to pay a cumulation of customs duties on imported vehicles and spare parts, and also granted them temporary relief.
“We just want to help them during this transition period. Short term “said the president before departure for Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the American automotive industry, to mark his first hundred days in power.
The manufacturers will thus be exempt from paying other customs taxes, such as those on steel or aluminum. They will pay the amount “The highest”had announced earlier an official of the Ministry of Commerce.
The goal: to install a supply chain in the United States
Trump also decided to set up a temporary device to reduce the customs bill of manufacturers producing and selling their vehicles in the United States. These are “Protect national security by encouraging automotive production on the national territory and reducing American dependence on imports of foreign vehicles and their spare parts”specifies the proclamation.
For all vehicles manufactured and sold in the United States using imported spare parts, American and foreign manufacturers will be able to deduct 15 % of the recommended sale price in the first year-and 10 % per second-customs fees of 25 % on the following imports.
This will correspond, according to the proclamation, to a deduction of 3.75 % of the recommended price in the first year (April 3, 2025 to April 30, 2026) and from 2.50 % per second (1ᵉʳ May 2026 to April 30, 2027). It is “A deduction and not a refund”said the ministry official, saying that this two-year period had been deemed sufficient by manufacturers to install a supply chain in the United States.