The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has today (31 July 2025) published its initial findings proposing that an anti-dumping measure on bicycles and certain bicycle parts imported from China be maintained until 30 August 2029.
Maintaining these measures will help to protect the UK’s bicycle industry, which includes many small and medium sized businesses employing thousands of people, from unfair international trade practices.
In its Statement of Essential Facts, the TRA found that the dumping initially identified at the time the measures were first established would (as a result of China’s increased production capacity) likely resume if the measure was removed and that injury to UK industry would be likely as a result. The TRA determined that extending the current measure could help prevent dumping of low-priced bicycles and benefit UK producers by £1-£9 million per year.
Current anti-dumping duties on Chinese bicycle and bicycle parts imports range from 19.2% to 48.5%, depending on the exporter.
As part of its investigation, the TRA considered whether the anti-dumping measure should be maintained only on bicycles but removed on bicycle parts. However, the TRA has not presented this as an option due to the lack of clear evidence from industry participants and the continued risk of circumvention if the duties on parts were removed.
A period of consultation is now open, during which interested parties can comment on the findings and provide any additional evidence, before a final recommendation is made to the Secretary of State. Businesses that may be affected by these findings can submit comments to the TRA by 25 August 2025 and can do so through the TRA’s public file.
Background Information
- The initial findings published today follow a transition review that was initiated on 23 August 2024.
- The reviewed products include bicycles and certain essential bicycle parts such as frames, wheels, handlebars, and brake components from China, including bicycles consigned from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Tunisia.
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In its investigation, the TRA found that China produces the greatest volume of bicycles in the world, estimated to account for 60% of global production. This equated to over 48 million bicycles in 2023 and the TRA found evidence to suggest this production capacity is growing.
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Around 1.6 million bicycles are sold in the UK each year, with China accounting for around 24% of bicycle imports by volume during the period of investigation.
- The Trade Remedies Authority is the independent UK body that investigates whether new trade remedy measures are needed to counter unfair import practices and unforeseen surges of imports.
- The TRA is an arm’s length body of the Department for Business and Trade.
- Anti-dumping duties allow a country or union to act against goods which are being sold at less than their normal value – this is defined as the price for ‘like goods’ sold in the exporter’s home market.
- The period of investigation (POI) for the review was 01 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. To assess injury, the TRA chose the period from 01 July 2020 to 30 June 2024 as the injury period (IP).
