I was not aware of the 10% base duty for all cars into EU.
But the rates you state are general for a brand, but do not account for per model negotiations:
It is not who owns the company that matters, but that they are made in China, and how much the factory has been subsidiced. The Tavascan is built on a Chinese owned factory, where VW has a minority ownership.
VW has 75% ownership in the Tavascan factory since 2020.
VW got an exemption on the additional import fees based on certain conditions (agreements on minimum selling price level, EU car industry investment assurances)
OK so maybe they haven’t got subsidies from the Chinese government, which is why they pay zero extra% duty.
As I stated earlier, the duty is based on the level of government subsidies Chinese factories have received. Where USA just has put a 150% tariff on everything car related from China. So I maintain EU and USA are not the same regarding duty/tariff, and EU and China are not the same regarding government subsidies, China subsidize Chinese car makers directly, while EU subsidies benefit all EV car makers disregarding country of origin.
13% is certainly not the average. Not sure who upvotes such utter dubious information.
All foreign cars have a 10% base import fee in the EU. Adding to that up to 35% extra anti-subsidy tariff.
Byd: 27%
Geely: 28%
Saic: 45%
Nio: 31%
Xpeng: 31%
Other: 45%
Excluding shipping, handling and homologation and not including VAT that is applied on top of the tariffs.
I was not aware of the 10% base duty for all cars into EU.
But the rates you state are general for a brand, but do not account for per model negotiations:
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/eu-tariffs-imports-china-made-evs-2026-02-11/
Cupra Tavascan has achieved a 0% duty, and Tesla is 7.8%.
I suspect several of the more popular Chinese models, have negotiated lower rates too.
Thanks for the follow up. It is worth mentioning that both Tesla and Cuprsa Tavascan are not Chinese owned.
The biggest/most popular Chinese manufacturers in the EU are BYD, SAIC, Geely, NIO and Xpeng.
It is not who owns the company that matters, but that they are made in China, and how much the factory has been subsidiced. The Tavascan is built on a Chinese owned factory, where VW has a minority ownership.
VW has 75% ownership in the Tavascan factory since 2020.
VW got an exemption on the additional import fees based on certain conditions (agreements on minimum selling price level, EU car industry investment assurances)
OK so maybe they haven’t got subsidies from the Chinese government, which is why they pay zero extra% duty.
As I stated earlier, the duty is based on the level of government subsidies Chinese factories have received. Where USA just has put a 150% tariff on everything car related from China. So I maintain EU and USA are not the same regarding duty/tariff, and EU and China are not the same regarding government subsidies, China subsidize Chinese car makers directly, while EU subsidies benefit all EV car makers disregarding country of origin.