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Preferential Import Duty Rates (updated for 2010)

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

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
 

21-04-2010

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