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Boeing CFO Brian West: Company has sufficient inventory to

weather tariffs but suppliers could be hurt

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Boeing ( BA ) expects $150 million charge in Q1

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Demand for Boeing ( BA ) jetliners remains strong despite tariff

concerns

(Adds details on tariffs, demand and deliveries)

By Dan Catchpole

March 19 (Reuters) - Boeing CFO Brian West said

on Wednesday the company is concerned about how President Donald

Trump's tariffs will affect the availability of parts from its

suppliers, although he said the U.S. planemaker has a large

enough inventory for now.

West, who was speaking at a Bank of America industrials

conference, also said the company was expecting to take a

one-time hit of $150 million to its profit in the first quarter.

Tariffs likely will not dampen demand for the company's

jetliners, he said. Boeing ( BA ) has an order backlog of over 5,000,

most of which are for its 737 MAX jet. Deliveries of the

single-aisle jet in March should match February, when it

delivered 32 of the jets, he said.

The company continues to make progress stabilizing 737 and

787 production, both of which have been dogged by quality and

supply chain problems, West told investors.

(Reporting by Dan Catchpole in Seattle and Shivansh Tiwary in

Bengaluru

Editing by Anil D'Silva and Frances Kerry)