{"id":19401,"date":"2025-08-28T19:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/08\/28\/uk-car-sales-to-us-rise-following-tariff-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T19:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T23:23:10","slug":"uk-car-sales-to-us-rise-following-tariff-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/08\/28\/uk-car-sales-to-us-rise-following-tariff-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"UK car sales to US rise following tariff deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mitchell Labiak<\/span>Business reporter, BBC News<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sales of British-made cars to the US rose in July following the introduction of the UK-US tariff deal.<\/p>\n

The 6.8% rise follows three months in a row of falling sales, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). <\/p>\n

In April, US President Donald Trump hiked import taxes on UK cars from 2.5% to 27.5%, which sent shockwaves through the industry, but in May both sides agreed this would be lowered to 10% from the end of June.<\/p>\n

The SMMT said July’s figures “illustrate the impact of this deal”, though it added that UK car manufacturing was generally struggling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“The US remains the largest single national market for British-built cars, underscoring the importance of the UK-US trade deal,” the SMMT said.<\/p>\n

The tariff cut from 27.5% to 10% only applies to the first 100,000 cars sent across the Atlantic, which is about the number of cars the UK exported to the US last year.<\/p>\n

Any additional car imports above that number will be taxed at 27.5%, according to the agreement.<\/p>\n

The US represented 18.1% of all UK car exports for July, while the European Union is a much bigger market for car makers, totalling 45.6% of exports.<\/p>\n

Colleen McHugh, chief investment officer at investment firm Wealthify, said the US was “an important market for British-built cars”.<\/p>\n

“In particular, it is a key market for premium brands like Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).”<\/p>\n

JLR paused shipments to the US in April after the initial higher tariffs were announced, before resuming them a month later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Overall, UK car manufacturing rose rose for the second consecutive month in July, due to rises in both domestic sales and exports.<\/p>\n

However, overall vehicle output for the year to date is down 11.7%, a figure which includes both cars and commercial vehicles. Last month, car making in the UK fell to its lowest level since 1953. <\/p>\n

Experts say the slump has been caused by a combination of higher UK labour costs, increased competition from overseas, and Brexit. <\/p>\n

Commenting on July’s numbers, Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said: “It remains a turbulent time for automotive manufacturing, with consumer confidence weak, trade flows volatile and massive investment in new technologies underway both here and abroad. <\/p>\n

“Given this backdrop, another month of growing car output is good news.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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