January 24, 2025 - The European Commission has published two Regulations extending anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of electric bicycles (e-bikes) from China for another five years.
Continuing these measures is necessary to safeguard the long-term viability of the European Union’s electric bike (e-bike) industry, which directly employs 12,000 people and is vital for the EU’s green transition and sustainable mobility.
The extension of measures follows an expiry review investigation by the Commission. This showed that e-bike producers in China continue to benefit from unfair subsidies and that imports into the EU were made at dumped prices. As such, all legal requirements for the extension of duties were met.
Measures on e-bikes from China – anti-dumping duties ranging from 10.3% to 70.1% and countervailing duties ranging from 3.9% to 17.2% – were first introduced in 2019. They have helped mitigate the injurious effect of unfairly subsidised and dumped Chinese imports, particularly for EU producers in the entry-level and mid-range markets. The measures have also allowed new European companies to enter the market, as well as promoting further investment in technology development and in sustainable production methods.
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