Canada introduces 100% duties on electric cars from China (1 photo)

The Canadian government has announced a plan to increase customs duties on electric vehicles manufactured in China. The corresponding statement appeared on the official website of the country's government. The duties will essentially become prohibitive, since Canada, following the United States, plans to increase them to 100%.



Canada will extend the new customs conditions not only to electric passenger cars. For example, import of certain categories of hybrid vehicles, including trucks and buses, as well as electric buses and fuel cell vehicles, will be complicated.

The duties are expected to increase from October 1. In addition, from October 15, Canada will introduce a 25% tariff on supplies of Chinese steel and aluminum.

As stated by the country's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, this is being done to protect the local market and confront Chinese manufacturers who enjoy unfair advantages thanks to government subsidies. At the same time, only Tesla brand electric cars, which are assembled at the Shanghai plant, are officially supplied to Canada from China. The BYD concern has already created a local representative office, but expects to launch sales in 2025.

In the summer, the United States planned to introduce similar conditions for the import of electric vehicles from China, but the launch of the new customs policy has been postponed for now. European countries will make a final decision on the size of anti-dumping duties in October. Now their pre-calculated size fluctuates in the range from 9 to 36.3% depending on the manufacturer. Against this background, Chinese manufacturers are actively launching their own assembly plants in Europe and South America.