Regulation (EU) 2023/611 anti-dumping duty

[bichler.bua]

Wondering if any EU customers can share or tune in, this is what happened to me recently:
Purchased a SENTYEH / SENSAH G13 grouset with a 11.11. coupon on AliExpress for around 270 EUR (thought this is a good deal for a future build):
https://aliexpress.com/item/1005009120344056.html

I am ordering through AliExpress for many years, but I am not an international logistics or customs expert.
In some cases shipments arrive without requiring any payment or effort, sometimes the courier would ask for handling & tax payment.
This time, the shipment was routed to the local customs.

They explained, because of a value of >150EUR and the content being bicycle parts that I had to pay anti-dumping duty.
Hard to argue with them, I ended up paying an additional 220 EUR to get the shipment released.

Indeed, you can find Regulation (EU) 2023/611, Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 which seem to confirm anti-dumping duty for products from China being in place.
However, this is the first time I have came in contact with this and that it was actually due and charged for a shipment from China.

Has anybody come across this, as well, any thoughts or experiences?

[TidyDinosaur]

I had the same happen to me. Had to pay 200€ fine because the seller lied about the value of the order. I was able to get the amount of my order refunded by customer support, but it was not easy.
Was your 220 only the extra tax or also a fine?

[SirBikealot]

Is this a EU wide thing or something country depenend?
I had to go to german customs as they picked my PES 515 from the 11.11 sale as it was over the 150€ limit. The seller declared 208€ although it was 208$ converted to 185€. Had to fill a mile long document and show them with evidence like invoice and bank payment what i really payed. In the end paid 44€ no further fine etc.

[federic000]

Bought a Wheeltop ox1 for 183€, seller declared 50$ value, paid 34€ extra costs. I’ve been lucky I guess

[fhill]

Wondering if any EU customers can share or tune in, this is what happened to me recently:
Purchased a SENTYEH / SENSAH G13 grouset with a 11.11. coupon on AliExpress for around 270 EUR (thought this is a good deal for a future build):
https://aliexpress.com/item/1005009120344056.html

I am ordering through AliExpress for many years, but I am not an international logistics or customs expert.
In some cases shipments arrive without requiring any payment or effort, sometimes the courier would ask for handling & tax payment.
This time, the shipment was routed to the local customs.

They explained, because of a value of >150EUR and the content being bicycle parts that I had to pay anti-dumping duty.
Hard to argue with them, I ended up paying an additional 220 EUR to get the shipment released.

Indeed, you can find Regulation (EU) 2023/611, Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 which seem to confirm anti-dumping duty for products from China being in place.
However, this is the first time I have came in contact with this and that it was actually due and charged for a shipment from China.

Has anybody come across this, as well, any thoughts or experiences?

Which Taric (Customs) number is declared on your invoice?

Normally you should not pay Anti-dumping for all the listed Taric Code in Annex III of 88/97, if you fall under the exemptions of Anti-dumping of Article 14
("Where imports of essential bicycle parts are declared for free circulation
by a person other than an exempted party or a party under examination
pursuant to Article 5, as from the date of entry into force of the
Reference Regulation, they shall be exempted from the application of
the extended duty if declared in accordance with the TARIC structure in
Annex III and subject to the conditions laid down in Article 254 of the
Union Customs Code, which shall be applicable mutatis mutandis,
where: on a monthly basis, less than 300 units per type of essential
bicycle parts are, on average, either declared for free circulation by
a party or are delivered to it. The time limit to calculate that average
will not exceed 12 months, whereby the first period starts from the
date of entry into force of the concerned end-use authorisation, and
will in no case exceed its period of validity. ◄ The number of parts
declared by or delivered to any party shall be calculated by
reference to the number of parts declared by or delivered to all
parties which are associated with or have compensatory
arrangements with that party; or")

What I would do is check the Taric code, see if it's listed in Annex III, and then dispute the anti-dumping fee with customs.

[rockerplates.de]

Wondering if any EU customers can share or tune in, this is what happened to me recently:
Purchased a SENTYEH / SENSAH G13 grouset with a 11.11. coupon on AliExpress for around 270 EUR (thought this is a good deal for a future build):
https://aliexpress.com/item/1005009120344056.html

I am ordering through AliExpress for many years, but I am not an international logistics or customs expert.
In some cases shipments arrive without requiring any payment or effort, sometimes the courier would ask for handling & tax payment.
This time, the shipment was routed to the local customs.

They explained, because of a value of >150EUR and the content being bicycle parts that I had to pay anti-dumping duty.
Hard to argue with them, I ended up paying an additional 220 EUR to get the shipment released.

Indeed, you can find Regulation (EU) 2023/611, Council Regulation (EC) No 71/97 and Council Regulation (EEC) No 2474/93 which seem to confirm anti-dumping duty for products from China being in place.
However, this is the first time I have came in contact with this and that it was actually due and charged for a shipment from China.

Has anybody come across this, as well, any thoughts or experiences?

Well, it is a common process..
ALL products belonging to bikecycles are effected with anti dumping duty 48 % if i remember correct. These are effective for all private imports. commercial imports are also effected if you do not have a registred number for avoiding these duties.
Frankly speaking, most of the chinese sellers us fake values or ddp shipping....(ddp shipping to europe, as they do not have a branch their, a seperate company (mainly chinese only valid a couple of months, than it is closed down) will be responsible for applying for the import, and taking care of the correct import procedure. Which they usually donßt.they just ship it to you.
Which ends up with you being responsible and if you do not get a correct import tax sheet by the importer (which shows all payed duties, tarifs ect) you need to show up at the customs a declare it after you have received it. if you do not and some day the importing company gets checked and all imports are discovered as faulty...bam..
but due to low mancounts in the offices, it is rather not going to happen.

[rockerplates.de]

Which Taric (Customs) number is declared on your invoice?

Normally you should not pay Anti-dumping for all the listed Taric Code in Annex III of 88/97, if you fall under the exemptions of Anti-dumping of Article 14
("Where imports of essential bicycle parts are declared for free circulation
by a person other than an exempted party or a party under examination
pursuant to Article 5, as from the date of entry into force of the
Reference Regulation, they shall be exempted from the application of
the extended duty if declared in accordance with the TARIC structure in
Annex III and subject to the conditions laid down in Article 254 of the
Union Customs Code, which shall be applicable mutatis mutandis,
where: on a monthly basis, less than 300 units per type of essential
bicycle parts are, on average, either declared for free circulation by
a party or are delivered to it. The time limit to calculate that average
will not exceed 12 months, whereby the first period starts from the
date of entry into force of the concerned end-use authorisation, and
will in no case exceed its period of validity. ◄ The number of parts
declared by or delivered to any party shall be calculated by
reference to the number of parts declared by or delivered to all
parties which are associated with or have compensatory
arrangements with that party; or")

What I would do is check the Taric code, see if it's listed in Annex III, and then dispute the anti-dumping fee with customs.

this is the process for companies..
anti dumping is for protecting the local markets and their companies...
of course a dispute is possible, but even companies sometimes have problems with not paying anti dumping taxes, even with correct tarifcodes etc.

[Dan S.]

Wondering if any EU customers can share or tune in, this is what happened to me recently:

Yea, this is unfortunately the usual process when ordering anything over 150 USD from China. Happened to me when purchasing Magene PM from Ali. Aliexpress deducts your country’s VAT from the total and warns you that customs fees + taxes might apply.

So then Czech Post gets to me via e-mail that there is something coming and I had to provide a lot of information. Regarding that anti-dumping stuff, I had to create an EORI number against my ID card. Because the shipment had free shipping, they told me that is not possible and basically calculated the shipping price out of thin air. Because I let them do the clearance, that was also an extra. So from those 208 USD I ended up paying around 80 bucks extra. But hey it was still cheaper than buying it locally lol.

[bichler.bua]

I had the same happen to me. Had to pay 200€ fine because the seller lied about the value of the order. I was able to get the amount of my order refunded by customer support, but it was not easy.
Was your 220 only the extra tax or also a fine?

Actually this seems to be the norm: many sellers devalue the content on the customs declaration.
In many cases this has probably resulted in less customs or issues, even if not actively requested by me.

Funny fact: in this case the seller declared a value of 310 EUR on the package, even if I only paid 270 EUR.
So in this case it was not specifically a fine but really the anti-dumping that resulted in the total cost of 220 EUR (customs: 13 EUR, anti-dumping 131 EUR and tax 79 EUR).

[bichler.bua]

Is this a EU wide thing or something country depenend?
I had to go to german customs as they picked my PES 515 from the 11.11 sale as it was over the 150€ limit. The seller declared 208€ although it was 208$ converted to 185€. Had to fill a mile long document and show them with evidence like invoice and bank payment what i really payed. In the end paid 44€ no further fine etc.

I am based in Germany, but interested how experience from other EU countries is.
It is clear you have to pay 4.7% and 19% in Germany during import.
But in my case the additional 48.5% anti-dumping tax was an unpleasant surprise.

[bichler.bua]

Which Taric (Customs) number is declared on your invoice?

Normally you should not pay Anti-dumping for all the listed Taric Code in Annex III of 88/97, if you fall under the exemptions of Anti-dumping of Article 14
("Where imports of essential bicycle parts are declared for free circulation
by a person other than an exempted party or a party under examination
pursuant to Article 5, as from the date of entry into force of the
Reference Regulation, they shall be exempted from the application of
the extended duty if declared in accordance with the TARIC structure in
Annex III and subject to the conditions laid down in Article 254 of the
Union Customs Code, which shall be applicable mutatis mutandis,
where: on a monthly basis, less than 300 units per type of essential
bicycle parts are, on average, either declared for free circulation by
a party or are delivered to it. The time limit to calculate that average
will not exceed 12 months, whereby the first period starts from the
date of entry into force of the concerned end-use authorisation, and
will in no case exceed its period of validity. ◄ The number of parts
declared by or delivered to any party shall be calculated by
reference to the number of parts declared by or delivered to all
parties which are associated with or have compensatory
arrangements with that party; or")

What I would do is check the Taric code, see if it's listed in Annex III, and then dispute the anti-dumping fee with customs.

Interesting input, thank you. Indeed TARIC code 8714995091 is part of Annex III and should therefore be exempted.
I might need to challenge the tax in this case...

[fhill]

this is the process for companies..
anti dumping is for protecting the local markets and their companies...
of course a dispute is possible, but even companies sometimes have problems with not paying anti dumping taxes, even with correct tarifcodes etc.

The Regulation does NOT differentiate between private or companies.

In the German version ("Werden ab dem Datum des Inkrafttretens der Referenzverordnung die Einfuhren wesentlicher Fahrradteile von einer anderen Person als einer befreiten Partei oder einer untersuchten Partei gemäß Artikel 5 zum zollrechtlich freien Verkehr angemeldet, so werden sie vom ausgeweiteten Zoll befreit, sofern sie im Einklang mit der TARIC-Struktur in Anhang III und vorbehaltlich der sinngemäß geltenden Bedingungen gemäß Artikel 254 des Zollkodex der Union angemeldet werden und sofern")

and Person in that context is any legal person as well as any natural person

[bichler.bua]

Quick update, leaving this here for everyone that comes across this:
Based on the input from fhill, I requested a correction of the customs notice.
As pointed out, certain TARIC codes are exempted from the antidumping tax.
In addition, an exemption from the antidumping tax can can be made if less than 300 units per type of essential bicycle parts on a monthly basis are declared for free circulation by a party or are delivered to it.

The correction requested was accepted and parts of the import tax were reimbursed accordingly.