<figure id="attachment_3290064" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3290064" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3290064" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/43689868-embraer-25022026.webp" alt="" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3290064" class="wp-caption-text">The US trade policy shift benefits Brazil&#8217;s aerospace sector, led by planemaker Embraer, easing its competitive disadvantage against tariff-free rivals. (EPA Images pic)</figcaption></figure>
BRASILIA: Brazil&#8217;s government on Tuesday welcomed a decision by Washington to allow Brazilian aircraft to enter the US duty-free, down from 10% previously, amid recent changes to US trade policy.
The move benefits Brazil&#8217;s aerospace sector, led by planemaker Embraer, which had faced a competitive disadvantage to rivals such as Canada&#8217;s Bombardier and France&#8217;s Dassault Aviation, whose jets already entered the US tariff-free.
Aircraft were Brazil&#8217;s third-largest export to the US in 2024 and 2025, the ministry of development, industry and foreign trade said in a statement, highlighting the sector&#8217;s high value added and technological intensity.
Following the latest tariff adjustments by Washington, the ministry estimated that about 25% of the country&#8217;s exports to the US, roughly US$9.3 billion as of 2025, are now subject to a 10% global tariff, putting those Brazilian goods on equal footing with products from other countries.
Before the changes, around 22% of Brazilian exports to the US market faced additional tariffs of 40% or 50%, the ministry said.
&#8220;In the agricultural sector, products such as fish, honey, tobacco and soluble coffee will also see tariffs fall from 50% to 10%, allowing them to compete under conditions equivalent to other international suppliers,&#8221; the ministry said.
The government had previously welcomed the US Supreme Court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump&#8217;s sweeping tariffs as it removed levies specifically targeting Latin America&#8217;s largest economy.
According to the ministry, 46% of Brazilian exports to the US in 2025 will no longer face any additional tariffs, while 29% remain subject to duties imposed under Section 232, affecting sectors such as steel, aluminium, wood, copper and furniture.
The US is Brazil&#8217;s second-largest trading partner after China, but unlike Brazil&#8217;s large goods surplus with China, it has posted a deficit with the US for years, totalling US$7.5  billion in 2025, according to the ministry.

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