Bicycle Import Duty by Country 2026: Reference Table

Import duty on bicycles is not one number, and for Chinese-origin frames it is rarely the tariff that matters most. This table puts the tariff, the trade-remedy layer and the consumption tax side by side for ten markets.

62.5%EU — 14% tariff plus 48.5% anti-dumping

43–48.5%US — MFN plus Section 301 layers

5–14%Most other markets, tariff only

0%Japan, Singapore, Switzerland on bicycles

The table

Market	Tariff	Trade remedy	VAT / GST	Effective at import
European Union	14%	48.5% AD	19–27%	62.5% + VAT
United States	5.5% or 11%	+25% and +12.5%*	—	43–48.5%
United Kingdom	14%	Verify	20%	14%+ + VAT
Canada	6.5%	—	5% GST	11.5% + provincial
Australia	5%	Verify	10% GST	15%+
New Zealand	5%	—	15% GST	20%
Japan	0%	—	10%	10%
South Korea	8%	—	10%	18%
Singapore	0%	—	9% GST	9%
UAE	5%	—	5%	10%
Switzerland	0%	—	8.1%	8.1%

*US: 5.5% applies to adult bicycles under HTS 8712.00.25, 11% to smaller-wheel bicycles under 8712.00.15; Section 301 adds 25%, and a 12.5% forced-labour tier was added on 24 July 2026. Rates have changed twice since November 2025 — verify before pricing.

Three things this table makes obvious

The EU is not a tariff market, it is a trade-remedy market

14% is the headline and 48.5% is the reality. A producer holding an individual anti-dumping rate of 0–19.2% operates on completely different economics from one paying 48.5%.

The US is two regimes stacked

MFN is small; Section 301 does the work. Because it applies by origin rather than by product, moving assembly to a third country changes the answer — moving the invoice does not.

VAT is recoverable, duty is not

EU and UK VAT on import is usually reclaimed against VAT on sales. Anti-dumping duty and Section 301 are permanent costs that sit in the landed cost forever.

Cite this table
Bicycle Import Duty by Country, October 2026 — compiled by Meihanda. EU: Reg. (EU) 2025/2146. US: HTS 8712 with Section 301 (List 1) and the 12.5% forced-labour tier effective 24 July 2026. Reference only, not customs advice. Reuse with attribution and a link to meihanda.com/import-duty-by-country.

A worked example: 200 bikes to Rotterdam

Abstract duty rates do not convince anyone. Take a real shipment — 200 complete bikes at US$1,000 FOB each, US$3,000 of sea freight, into Rotterdam:

Line	Netherlands (EU)	United States	Japan
Goods value (FOB)	$200,000	$200,000	$200,000
Freight	$3,000	$3,000	$3,000
CIF value (duty base)	$203,000	$203,000	$203,000
Tariff	$28,420 (14%)	$11,165 (5.5%)	$0
Trade remedy	$98,455 (48.5%)	$76,125 (37.5%)	$0
Landed, before VAT	$329,875	$290,290	$203,000
Per unit	$1,649	$1,451	$1,015
On top of FOB	+65%	+45%	+1.5%
VAT / GST (usually recoverable)	$69,274 (21%)	—	$20,300 (10%)

Same goods, three different businesses. A $1,000 bike lands at $1,649 in Rotterdam, $1,451 in the US and $1,015 in Japan. The EU–Japan gap is $634 per bike — on 200 bikes that is $126,800 of cost that has nothing to do with the product.

Three mistakes that cost real money

1. Budgeting the tariff and forgetting the remedy

Everyone budgets 14% for the EU. The 48.5% anti-dumping duty is three and a half times larger and it is the line that decides the business case. If a supplier quotes you a duty estimate in the low teens for the EU, they are quoting you a number that will not survive customs.

2. Under-declaring the value

Some factories still offer to invoice at 30–50% of the real value. It works until customs runs a valuation check, at which point you owe the difference plus a penalty, and the goods sit at the port. Duty saved illegally is not margin, it is uninsured risk.

3. Treating VAT as a cost

EU and UK import VAT is normally reclaimable against VAT you charge on sales. It is a cash-flow item, not a margin item — but you still have to fund it for a month or two, and that working capital kills more small brands than the duty does.

How to use this table

Start from the on top of FOB row and price backwards. If a $1,000 bike needs to retail at $2,000 and lands at $1,649 in Rotterdam, there is $351 left for payment fees, marketing, warranty and margin — which is not enough. Change the market, change the frame, or change the price point; those are the only three levers that move.

Related data

Landing cost calculator — Run the numbers on your own shipment
China Bicycle Cost Index — Where 75% of the bill of materials sits
China Bicycle Price Index — What each price band actually buys

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