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Aviation remains duty-free.

The new agreement between the US and the EU will bring a severe burden for many industries: From 1 August 2025, a flat tariff of 15% will apply to the majority of European exports to the USA – including cars, semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.

However, an exception has been expressly negotiated for aircraft and their components: the so-called "zero-for-zero" regulation is to remain in place. This means that zero tariffs continue to apply – for Airbus as well as for Boeing, for engines, seats, spare parts.

✈️ The global aerospace industry is highly interconnected and has been burdened for years by supply bottlenecks, rising costs and geopolitical uncertainties.
✈️ New tariffs would have had dramatic consequences – for international cooperation, for employment, for Europe as a business location, for Airbus and its suppliers.
✈️ The exception rule is an important signal, it offers planning security and stability. Despite all the political tensions.

This is particularly relevant for suppliers in our region:
Many manufacture not only for Airbus, but also for Boeing. Without duty-free, these companies would also have been severely affected.

"Maintaining zero tariffs for aircraft and their components is an urgently needed signal of reason," says , Managing Director of Hamburg Aviation. "Our industry is globally interlinked, it needs stability and predictability, not new hurdles. For Airbus and the many northern German suppliers to the aviation industry, this agreement means that they can continue to deliver across borders without economic disadvantages. This protects jobs, innovative strength and competitiveness."

But: Aviation cannot sit back now. Europe must strengthen its competitiveness – so that it does not find itself on the defensive again in future negotiations. Because as positive as the exception is for aviation, it remains exactly that: an exception.