Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that on Tuesday he invited representatives of the Polish automotive industry to talks. “Subject: The situation of the industry after the introduction of new duties by the USA” – said the head of government on Platform X.
“We are already losing jobs in the automotive industry” – admits the president of the Polish Association of Automotive Industry (PZPM) Jakub Faryś. He points out that the key issue for the sector is to keep jobs.
He estimates that if Poland is still to be “such an important place on the European automotive map”, then the government will be an important task “”Encouraging that investors come to Poland“.
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Trump's duties will be felt
According to estimates EUR 300-350 million in the values of Polish exports are elements that go to cars produced in neighboring countries sent to the American market.
“The introduction of 25 % of customs duties on cars imported to the US will also indirectly feel Polish industry,” the head of PZPM pointed out earlier. He said that the annual production of cars in the EU is about 12-13 million pieces, so reducing exports to the USA “will not cause a cataclysm”, but, having regard to the current condition of the industry, It will be “noticeable”.
He reminded that in recent years the European automotive sector has been affected by Pandemia, semiconductor crisis, war in Ukraine, rising prices of raw materials and the expansion of Chinese producers, “American duties are therefore another of the whole series of blows“He also pointed to the possibility of reducing employment, caused by the loss of recipients of components of Polish factories.
The largest car manufacturers began to react quickly to the new customs of customs customs introduced on Wednesday by the administration of Donald Trump. They try to save the situation in different ways, from promotion for customers who are afraid of price increases, to adding fees to cars produced outside the US and exemption. We wrote more about it here.
