The company has purchased equipment in China, which cannot be purchased within the United States, so request to make an exception for it until the end of May.
Spacex is trying to avoid paying duties to goods from China, introduced by US President Donald Trump. On Monday, March 31, the telegraph wrote.
“The missile company -Planning has turned to the US government with the request to provide it with an exception to import two units of equipment used to produce a wide internet provided by Starlink,” the material said.
It is noted that Spacex at its request indicates the impossibility of buying this equipment from internal American manufacturers.
The company said it intends to produce 100% of equipment in the United States from next year, where it requires Chinese equipment.
“Approval of exception can take up to 30 days, and it will only act until the end of May, that is, the Spacex will have to rush to get the equipment if the request is approved,” the telegraph notes.
Remember, on March 4, the United States entered Trump’s new 25%duty for goods from Mexico and Canada, as well as doubling duties to Chinese goods up to 20%. In response, China and Canada introduced duties to American goods.
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