Embraer ducks President Trump’s 50% US tariff hike, aircraft and parts exempt
Brazilian planemaker Embraer has avoided an increase from 10% to 50% in US import tariffs after President Donald Trump carved out an exemption for aircraft.
On July 30, 2025, President Trump announced a US emergency citing recent “policies, practices, and actions” by Brazil that “constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy”.
An Executive Order confirmed the US was implementing an additional 40% tariff against Brazil, bringing the total tariff amount to 50%. However, an exemption was laid out for civil aircraft, parts and components within the Executive Order.
Pneumatic tires, helicopters, propellers, planes and unmanned aircraft were among the exempt aircraft and parts mentioned in the order. The exemptions did not include military hardware.
In a statement following the Trump announcement, Embraer said: “The news confirms the positive impact and strategic importance of Embraer’s activities for the Brazilian and U.S. economies.”
Still facing a 10% tariff, Embraer said that it “believes in and advocates firmly for a return to the zero-tariff rule for the global aerospace industry”.
Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto took a lead role in negotiations after revealing anxieties that a large hike in US tariffs could be as damaging for the aircraft manufacturer as COVID-19.
At the Paris Air Show on June 18, 2025, Embraer and SkyWest announced that the US airline had ordered 60 E175s aircraft with purchase rights on 50 extra planes in the future.
SkyWest’s CCO Wade Steel had recently voiced concerns that an increase in tariffs by the US on Brazil could delay deliveries.
SkyWest provides regional operations in the US for Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines.
President Trump has taken a particularly hardline against Brazil and its leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In his Executive Order, President Trump accused Brazil of politically motivated persecution of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and thousands of his supporters.
During President Trump’s first term in office Bolsonaro was seen a staunch ally who aligned with the MAGA movement in Brazil.
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