Mitchell Labiak<\/span>Business reporter, BBC News<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Sales of British-made cars to the US rose in July following the introduction of the UK-US tariff deal.<\/p>\n The 6.8% rise follows three months in a row of falling sales, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). <\/p>\n In April, US President Donald Trump hiked import taxes on UK cars from 2.5% to 27.5%, which sent shockwaves through the industry, but in May both sides agreed this would be lowered to 10% from the end of June.<\/p>\n The SMMT said July’s figures “illustrate the impact of this deal”, though it added that UK car manufacturing was generally struggling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “The US remains the largest single national market for British-built cars, underscoring the importance of the UK-US trade deal,” the SMMT said.<\/p>\n The tariff cut from 27.5% to 10% only applies to the first 100,000 cars sent across the Atlantic, which is about the number of cars the UK exported to the US last year.<\/p>\n Any additional car imports above that number will be taxed at 27.5%, according to the agreement.<\/p>\n The US represented 18.1% of all UK car exports for July, while the European Union is a much bigger market for car makers, totalling 45.6% of exports.<\/p>\n Colleen McHugh, chief investment officer at investment firm Wealthify, said the US was “an important market for British-built cars”.<\/p>\n “In particular, it is a key market for premium brands like Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).”<\/p>\n JLR paused shipments to the US in April after the initial higher tariffs were announced, before resuming them a month later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Overall, UK car manufacturing rose rose for the second consecutive month in July, due to rises in both domestic sales and exports.<\/p>\n However, overall vehicle output for the year to date is down 11.7%, a figure which includes both cars and commercial vehicles. Last month, car making in the UK fell to its lowest level since 1953<\/a>. <\/p>\n![\"Getty](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/9cca\/live\/439d2450-83d5-11f0-8247-ff1d4f440444.jpg.webp\")
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