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Pilatus Aircraft is temporarily pausing deliveries of PC-12 turboprop singles and PC-24 twinjets to the U.S., due to high tariffs—39%—recently imposed on Swiss imports to the U.S. According to Pilatus, “The new trade tariff imposed by the U.S. authorities puts Pilatus at a significant competitive disadvantage. In the short term, the tariff will lead to a temporary halt in PC-12 and PC-24 deliveries to the U.S. Existing relationships with our U.S. customers and provision of services will continue seamlessly and in full.”
According to Switzerland Global Enterprise, “With the amendment of the Executive Order on Reciprocal Customs Duties of July 31, 2025, the reciprocal customs duty for Swiss-origin goods for imports from Aug. 7, 2025, was increased to 39% (previously 31%). This duty is applied on top of the current Most Favoured Nation. In each case, the country of origin of the goods and not the country of departure&nbsp;is decisive.
“For goods with a U.S. component of at least 20%, the additional tariff is applied only to the value excluding the U.S. component,” it added.
Presumably, this would exempt some of the applicability of tariffs on the PC-12 and PC-24, which both have avionics made by U.S. manufacturers (Honeywell and Garmin) and, in the case of the PC-24, engines (Williams International), assuming those components comprise more than 20% of the value of each aircraft.
According to Pilatus, “The company’s solid financial base combined with adequate liquidity, high demand worldwide, good capacity utilization, and orders in hand worth around 2 billion Swiss francs—not including the USA—provide a robust foundation in challenging times. Government Aviation is another strategically important area: this business segment with the PC-21 and PC-7 MKX trainer aircraft offers considerable potential and makes a vital contribution to the company’s stability in the current situation.”

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