JLR, one of the country's biggest carmakers, exported about 38,000 cars to the US in the third quarter of 2024 - almost equal to the amount sold to the UK and the EU combined. Follow live updates: Trump's baseline 10% tariff kicks in In a statement on Saturday, a spokesperson for the company behind the Jaguar, Land Rover and Range Rover brands said: "The USA is an important market for JLR's luxury brands.
"As we work to address the new trading terms with our business partners, we are taking some short-term actions including a shipment pause in April, as we develop our mid- to longer-term plans." The company released a statement last week before Mr Trump announced a "baseline" 10% tariff on goods from around the world, which kicked in on Saturday morning, on what he called "liberation day".
JLR reassured customers its business was "resilient" and "accustomed to changing market conditions". "Our priorities now are delivering for our clients around the world and addressing these new US trading terms," the firm said.
Trading across the world has been hit by Mr Trump's tariff announcement at the White House on Wednesday.
All but one stock on the FTSE 100 fell on Friday - with Rolls-Royce, banks and miners among those to suffer the sharpest losses. Read more: A red wall on Wall Street - but Trump seems to believe it will work out Cars are the top product exported from the UK to the US, with exports worth £8.3bn in the year to the end of September 2024, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
For UK carmakers, the US is the second largest export market behind the European Union.
Industry groups have previously warned the tariffs will force firms to rethink where they trade, while a report by thinktank the Institute for Public Policy Research said more than 25,000 car manufacturing jobs in the UK could be at risk.
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