Trump damages US Bicycle Industry

[flecc]

New and existing tariffs on Chinese e-bike and motor imports will total to 36%:

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According to the country’s biggest bicycle importer – Huffy Corporation – it will even have devastating impact on bike sales and it will devastate the American bicycle industry.
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[Fat Rat]

Trump
The guy is a twat and that’s polite

 

[Woosh]

in that edition of Bike Europe, there is an interesting article closer to home:

https://www.bike-eu.com/sales-trends/nieuws/2018/09/would-no-brexit-deal-lead-to-bargain-basement-uk-bike-industry-10134522

Iinside, there are some very up to date statistics about the UK market:

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e-bike imports and arrivals for the first 7 months of 2018 totaled around 43,000 – a higher per month figure than the 62,500 e-bike imports and arrivals that took place over 2017. Here EU arrivals of e-bikes made up a much more significant percentage of the total, some 16,000 or 37% – compare that to the EU arrivals total of ‘regular’ bikes at around 15%.