The UK will keep anti-dumping duties on bicycles and certain bicycle parts imported from China until August 2029, after a review concluded that removing the measures would likely lead to
unfairly low-priced imports damaging domestic manufacturers.
The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), which carried out the review, said the tariffs would continue until 30 August 2029 to protect the UK's bicycle industry, which is made up largely of small and medium-sized businesses employing thousands of people.
The authority found that Chinese exporters would probably resume dumping bicycles on the UK market if the duties were lifted, causing harm to British producers.
According to the TRA, extending the measures could provide an annual benefit of between £1m and £9m for UK manufacturers by helping prevent low-priced imports from undercutting domestic businesses.
The anti-dumping duties will remain unchanged, ranging from 19.2% to 48.5%, depending on the exporter. The measures also apply to bicycle and bicycle parts imports shipped from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Tunisia where they fall within the scope of the existing rules.
Before Brexit, anti-dumping investigations affecting the UK were conducted by the European Commission. After leaving the EU, the UK retained a number of existing trade defence measures and tasked the Trade Remedies Authority with reviewing whether they remained appropriate for the UK market.
The review of bicycle imports marks the final transition review of EU-era trade remedy measures inherited by the UK. Photo by MasaneMiyaPA, Wikimedia commons.
