Jaguar Land Rover halts US shipments to evaluate new tariff influence
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is pausing car shipments to the USA following the introduction of a brand new 25% tariff on automobile imports.
The transfer comes because the carmaker adapts to what it described as “new buying and selling phrases” which can be disrupting world provide chains.
The US is the UK automobile business’s second-largest export market after the European Union. In accordance with official figures, car exports to the US had been value £8.3 billion within the 12 months to the top of Q3 2024, making vehicles the UK’s high export to the nation.
A JLR spokesperson confirmed the corporate is implementing “short-term actions together with a cargo pause in April” whereas it develops a longer-term technique. The producer, headquartered in Coventry with main amenities in Solihull and Wolverhampton, described the US as a “key marketplace for JLR’s luxurious manufacturers.”
The tariffs are a part of a broader wave of commerce measures introduced by President Donald Trump, with additional levies on automobile components anticipated subsequent month and can hit an business already beneath stress from weak demand in China, sluggish EU gross sales, and rising vitality prices.
Professor David Bailey of Birmingham Enterprise College referred to as the scenario “very worrying” for the UK’s Midlands automobile manufacturing heartland. “The area is the primary exporter of vehicles to the US, and the luxurious phase is very susceptible,” he advised the BBC.
He added that different premium carmakers like Crewe-based Bentley and Rolls-Royce with its operations in Solihull would even be impacted. “JLR is the jewel within the crown of the UK automobile business, and the US presently accounts for one in 4 of its car exports,” he famous.
