Jan-Willem van Schaik

BEIJING, China - The imposition and/or renewal of anti-dumping duties on the import of China made bicycles and other products will be more difficult as of December 11, 2016. In 2001 China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) and under its membership terms, it would automatically be treated as a 'market economy' after 15 years.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Last year a total of 436,549 new bicycles were sold in Belgium through IBDs; up 30,000 (+7.5%) compared to 2013. This is concluded by a study at Belgian bike dealers commissioned by the organizer of the Velofollies bike show.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Next year Taiwan will be the location for the premiere of a natural pairing - combining one of the leading bicycle industry shows, the Taipei International Cycle Show and the foremost important international planning conference on cycling, Velo-City Global.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - In the 13th year of the 'Taiwan brand survey' Giant has entered the top five in the ranking of most valuable international brands from Taiwan. This puts the bicycle manufacturer amidst brands like Asus, Acer and HTC.

德國，BAD SODEN- 自行車的安全標準正在全球化。這是由產業利益相關者、測試機構、來自歐洲、美洲和亞洲大學的專家長期討論後的結果。第一個ISO 4210-2在2015年9月1日已經公佈。這是城市/旅行/登山/公路和年青人自行車所適用的安全標準。

德國，BAD SODEN- 就像普通自行車一樣，適用於電動自行車的安全標準也將全球化。然而，自行車適用的標準已經生效，但電動自行車的全球化標準距離實現仍有一段很長的路要走。還有個問題就是電動自行車的哪些類別適用於新ISO標準?

BAD SODEN, Germany - To provide an insight for retailers on what's permitted or not when exchanging CE approved 25 km/h e-bike components in their workshops, the German industry associations agreed on an uniform guideline. Though without a legal base this document could be pose an important standard for other European countries as well.

BAD SODEN, Germany - The safety standards for bicycles are being globalized. It is the result of a long term discussion between industry stakeholders, test-houses and experts from universities in Europe, America and Asia. On September 1, 2015 the first ISO 4210-2 has been published. This is the safety standard for City-/Trekking-/MTB/Road- and Young Adult bikes.

BAD SODEN, Germany - Like with regular bicycles also the safety standards for e-bikes are being globalized. However, as the ones for bicycles are already in force the global standards for electric bikes still have a long way to go before they are there. The question is also which e-bike categories are to be covered by the new ISO standards?

台灣，台北- 2015年前三季台灣自行車及其零件的出口已超過300萬輛，和2014年的265萬輛相比，大幅成長了16.2%。根據台灣自行車協會(TBA)最新的統計資料指出，自行車產業在好幾年的出口衰退後，開始復甦。