Port of Antwerp-Bruges figures show 15.9% drop in export of cars, vans, trucks and tractors to US

Port of Antwerp-Bruges figures show 15.9% drop in export of cars, vans, trucks and tractors to US

The Port of Antwerp-Bruges has been turned into a giant car park with thousands of cars, vans, trucks and tractors bound for the US sitting idle as manufacturers try to avert the worst of Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Figures released by the port show a 15.9% drop in the transport of new passenger cars and vans to the US in the first six months of 2025 compared with the same period last year, with a sharp decline emerging in May – one month after the US president announced his “liberation day” tariffs.

Exports of trucks and what they call “high and heavy equipment” is down by almost a third at 31.5%.

      • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        18 hours ago

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          • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8·
            18 hours ago

            I know who you are now, you are the one who claimed that because you are gay you were automatically right, while I responded it may actually cloud your judgement on the issue.
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            • womjunru@lemmy.cafeEnglish
              110·
              18 hours ago

              I don’t know that you’re talking about, but if you think that’s how any of our past interactions have gone than you’ve secured my opinion of you.

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              • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
                9·
                16 hours ago

                If you don’t like being constantly reminded of various ill comments I’ve seen you post

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                  • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    5·
                    13 hours ago

                    Wow, you don’t even remember what you responded a few hours ago!
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