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Preferential Import Duty Rates (updated for 2009)

MAARSSEN, The Netherlands - In line the with the GSP, the EU has exempted a group of countries from import duties on bicycles, parts and accessories. Another group is subject to 10.5% import duties on all bicycles and 1.2% on bicycle parts and bicycle accessories.

Countries that are completely exempted from EU import duties on bicycles, parts and accessories: 

Afghanistan
Ethiopia
Mozambique
Albania
Falkland Islands
Namibia
Algeria
Faroe Islands
Nepal
Andorra
Fiji
Netherlands Antilles
Angola
French Polynesia
New Caledonia & dependencies
Antigua & Barbados
Gambia
Nicaragua
Aruba
Georgia
Niger
Bahamas
Ghana
Norway
Bangladesh
Greenland
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Barbados
Grenada
Panama
Belize
Guatemala
Papua New Guinea
Benin
Guinea
Peru
Bhutan
Guinea-Bissau
Rwanda
Bolivia
Guyana
Samoa
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Haiti
San Marino
Botswana
Honduras
Sénégal
Burkina Fasso
Iceland
Serbia
Burundi
Israel
Seychelles & dependencies
Cambodia
Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone
Cameroon
Jamaica
Solomon Islands
Cape Verde
Jordan
Somalia
Cayman Islands
Kenya
South Africa
Central African Republic
Kosovo
Sri Lanka
Ceuta
Laos
Sudan
Chad
Lebanon
Suriname
Chile
Lesotho
Swaziland
Colombia
Liberia
Switzerland
Comoros
Liechtenstein
Syria
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Macedonia
Tanzania
Congo (Republic)
Madagascar
Togo
Costa Rica
Malawi
Trinidad & Tobago
Croatia
Maldives
Tunisia
Djibouti
Mali
Turkey
Dominican Republic
Mauritania
Tuvalu
East Timor
Mauritius
Uganda
Ecuador
Melilla
Venezuela
Egypt
Mexico
Yemen
El Salvador
Moldova
Zambia
Equatorial Guinea
Mongolia
Zimbabwe
Eritrea
Morocco
 

The following countries mentioned in the list underneath are subject to 10.5% import duties on all bicycles, 2.5% on bicycles with auxiliary engines (pedelecs and E-bikes) and 1.2% on bicycle parts and bicycle accessories. 

Argentina
Iraq
Qatar
Armenia
Kazakhstan
Russian Federation
Azerbaijan
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Bermuda
Libya
Turkmenistan
Brazil
Macao
Ukraine
Brunei
Malaysia
United Arab Emirates
Cuba
Micronesia
Uruguay
Gabon
Nigeria
Uzbekistan
Gibraltar
Oman
Vietnam
India
Pakistan
Virgin Islands of the U.S.
Indonesia
Paraguay
 
Iran
Philippines
 

26-11-2008

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