UK Anti-Dumping Duty on China-origin Bicycles and Components to Continue Until 2029
The United Kingdom has recently confirmed that anti-dumping duties on bicycles and key bicycle parts from China will stay in place until August 2029, wrapping up a review by the UK Trade Remedies Authority (TRA). The decision is laid out in Trade Remedies Taxation Notice 2026/21, published in July 2026. It replaces the earlier Notice 2020/34, which had governed the measure since the UK left the EU.
What's Covered
The duty applies to complete bicycles (non-electric) and essential bike components such as frames, wheels, handlebars, and brake components – specifically those made in China. It also extends to the same goods when shipped via Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, or Tunisia, which thus closes a loophole that would otherwise let exporters dodge the duty by rerouting shipments through third countries.
Duty Rates Stay the Same
Nothing changes on price. Rates remain between 19.2% and 48.5%, depending on the exporter:
Zero duty: A handful of Chinese manufacturers — Giant (China) Co. Ltd, Ideal (Dongguan) Bike Co. Ltd, and Oyama Technology (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd — keep their company-specific exemption from the original EU-era investigation.
48.5% (top rate): Most other exporters, plus the "all other companies" catch-all rate used when no individual rate applies.
Why it was Renewed
The reasoning very likely came down to potential risk. Scrapping the duty would likely bring dumping back, hurting UK producers all over again. By its own estimate, keeping the measure benefits UK industry to the tune of £1–9 million a year. The TRA also weighed and rejected a softer option: dropping the duty on bike components while keeping it on complete bikes. It found the industry evidence for that approach too thin, and the circumvention risk too high.
One figure puts the stakes in perspective: China produces around 60% of the world's bicycles. That's a lot of manufacturing capacity that could pivot straight toward the UK market if the protections came off.
The Last of the EU Hand-Me-Downs
This anti-dumping duty on bicycles and components has an EU pedigree. It was originally investigated and imposed by the European Commission on behalf of member states, UK included, before Brexit — then carried over into UK law once the transition period ended, along with several other inherited trade remedies. Since then, the TRA has been working through each of these EU-era measures one by one, checking whether they still make sense for the UK on their own. The bicycle review is the final one on that list — so this decision closes out the entire transition-review process.
E-Bikes: A Different Story
Electric bikes sit outside this review entirely because they run under a separate regime.
Non-folding e-bikes (roughly 95% of the UK e-bike market) had their anti-dumping and countervailing duties scrapped altogether back in February 2025. The UK decided keeping them no longer served the UK's economic interest.
Folding e-bikes kept their duties: 10.3%–70.1% anti-dumping and 3.9%–17.2% countervailing, in force until January 2029.
A Few Importers Have Their Own Carve-Outs
Outside the general rate table, several UK importers hold their own company-specific exemptions or suspensions, which they had won through earlier reviews. These sit on top of the general measure confirmed in Notice 2026/21, rather than replacing it.
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