On May 1, 2025, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced that, pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, it was initiating an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines. Interested parties may submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information to the Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security at Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) no later than June 3, 2025.
BIS is interested in comments and information covering: (i) the current and projected demand for commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines in the United States; (ii) the extent to which domestic production of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines can meet domestic demand; (iii) the role of foreign supply chains, particularly of major exporters, in meeting U.S. demand for commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines; (iv) the concentration of U.S. imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines from a small number of suppliers and the associated risks; (v) the impact of foreign government subsidies and predatory trade practices on the competitiveness of the commercial aircraft industry, jet engine industry, and associated commercial aircraft and jet engine part industries in the United States; (vi) the economic impact of artificially suppressed prices of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines due to foreign unfair trade practices and state-sponsored overproduction; (vii) the potential for export restrictions by foreign nations, including the ability of foreign countries to weaponize their control over supplies of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines; (viii) the feasibility of increasing domestic capacity for commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines to reduce import reliance; (ix) the impact of current trade policies on domestic production of commercial aircraft, jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, and whether additional measures, including tariffs or quotas, are necessary to protect national security; and (x) any other relevant factors.
Comments must be submitted via the federal rulemaking portal at www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. BIS-2025-0027. Submitters are directed to refer to XRIN 0694-XC127 in all comments.