How the EU's countervailing duty splits across 72 Chinese EV brands — BYD group 17%, Geely group 18.8%, SAIC group 35.3%, other cooperating producers 20.7% — and what the 17–35.3% spread does to landed costs.
Brussels is pressing China to cap hybrid exports at around 15% of the EU market or face new anti-subsidy duties — and with 154 plug-in hybrid models in our catalog, BYD, Chery and SAIC carry the most direct exposure.
A Chinese EV advertised at $14,000 can land in Germany at over $28,000. Here's the complete formula — duty, countervailing duty, VAT, freight, certification — and the one rule that explains every surprise.
A step-by-step guide to importing Chinese EVs into the EU, with the full tariff stack (10% duty + countervailing duty + VAT), a landed-cost formula, and a worked BYD Seal example.