BMW considering added shifts at US Spartanburg plant, analyst note says

Reuters

Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 7:25 AM 1 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) -BMW is considering adding shifts to its Spartanburg works successful South Carolina to boost output by up to 80,000 units, executives said connected an expert telephone connected Thursday, arsenic carmakers brainstorm ways to appease the Trump medication and ward disconnected a mounting commercialized war.

The premium carmaker had astir 30 days' worthy of inventory successful the United States arsenic good arsenic immoderate stocks and components, and would support prices unchangeable connected astir U.S. models until the extremity of May, executives told analysts, according to a enactment connected the telephone by Bernstein Research.

The capitalist telephone was held earlier a closed play connected institution accusation earlier yearly results scheduled for May 7.

BMW did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

The carmaker's Spartanburg plant, which exports astir fractional of the vehicles it makes to customers extracurricular the United States, is located successful a free-trade zone.

That meant that parts imported by BMW for vehicles destined for export were exempt from tariffs, executives said, providing immoderate relief, according to the note.

(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee, Editing by Miranda Murray)