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The bankruptcy of VanMoof is bringing other players in the bicycle supply chain into difficulties. – Photo VanMoof

VanMoof Asia in liquidation as ripple effect hits Taiwanese bike...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Companies in the Taiwanese supply chain are beginning to feel the fall out of the VanMoof bankruptcy in Europe. Electronic...

Taiwan's third-largest bicycle manufacturer Ideal Bike Corporation generated a 21.4% decline in sales during Q2. – Photo Ideal Bike

Ideal Bike sees double-digit revenue downshift in Q2

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - As the third in line after Giant and Merida, Ideal has also reported red figures for this year. While the bicycle manufacturer was...

At home in the Wuxi District in Taichung City: the headquarters of Ideal Bike Corporation. The three foreign factories in China, Poland and (since 2022) Vietnam are also managed from here. – Photo Jo Beckendorff

Despite stable revenue Ideal Bike reports Q1 losses

TAICHUNG, Taiwan – In its first sales quarter of 2023 Taiwan’s third-largest bicycle producer Ideal Bike Corporation brought in total sales of TWD...

EU’s decision not to grant China Market Economy Status means that current anti-dumping measures on import of bicycles from China will stay in place. – Photo Bike Europe

EU Is Not Granting Market Economy Status to China

BRUSSELS, Belgium - It got snowed under in the Eurobike news storm, but it's now official. The Europe Union will not grant China Market Economy...

‘ASI’s purchase of Performance Bicycle illustrates growing frustration of bicycle brands who view the IBD model as broken.’ – Photo Performance Bicycle

Shakeout at North American Bicycle Retail Market

PHILADELPHIA, USA - After the bankruptcy of multisport chains Sports Authority (460 shops + online sales) and Sport Chalet (47 stores + online shop),...

Bike manufacturers operating in China like Oyama that are exempted from anti-dumping duties were presenting their competitive advantages at Taichung Bike Week. - Photo Bike Europe

Long Wait for Giant China in Dumping Review

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Giant China is already waiting seventeen months for a final verdict after the company appealed to the Court of Justice of the...

Outcome of anti-dumping interim review prompted Ideal Bike Corp. to shift production destined for the EU markets from Taiwan to China. – Photo Bike Europe

Also for China Industry E-Bikes Are Leading

BEIJING, China - The only segment that saw growth in 2013 in China were electric bikes. The China Bicycle Association reports that 36,950,000 e-bikes...

Giant China is looking for a review of its dumping conviction by the European Commission and is for that appealing to the Court of Justice of the European Union. – Photo Bike Europe

Giant China Wants its Dumping Conviction Reviewed

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Giant China is looking for a review of its dumping conviction by the European Commission and is for that appealing to the Court of...

For why Oyama and Ideal China are exempted from the 48.5 anti-dumping duties on bikes made in China (and other Asian countries) and exported to Europe; see the pdf’s on this page. – Photo Bike Europe

Why Exemption On Anti-Dumping Duties?

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Bike Europe's email newsletter of last Tuesday (September 2) on the anti-dumping duties in place for bikes imported from...

All anti-dumping measures on China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Tunisia are in force up to June 2019. - Photo European Union

Dumping Duties One Year Longer; Up to 2019

BRUSSELS, Belgium - After receiving more information from the European Bicycle Manufacturers' Association (EBMA) and after having done more research...