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September 16, 2026 · 19 min read

Importing a Chinese EV to Poland: The Full EU Tariff Stack, 23% VAT, and Central Europe's Volume Hub

Importing a Chinese EV to Poland means the full EU tariff stack — 10% standard duty, a brand-specific countervailing duty (17% BYD to 35.3% SAIC), and 23% VAT — and a BYD Seal lands at about $45,240 (+83.2%), roughly $826 dearer than the same car in Germany. Poland still matters more than any other CEE market: a record 667,578 new-car registrations in 2025, Chinese brands at 8.2% for the year and a record 14.5% in December, and the NaszEauto subsidy now fully allocated. Here is the model-by-model landed-cost math and the trade-corridor context.

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September 16, 2026 · 16 min read

Importing a Chinese EV to Singapore: 20% Excise Duty, 9% GST, and the COE Gate Our Landed-Cost Model Doesn't Count

Importing a Chinese EV to Singapore means a 20% excise duty on OMV plus 9% GST — a BYD Seal lands at $37,154.52 (+50.5%). But that is only half the gate: the COE and ARF sit outside our border model, and a September 2026 Category B COE alone closed at S$135,001. The full stack, priced.

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September 16, 2026 · 14 min read

Importing a Chinese EV to Sweden: 10% EU Duty, Brand CVD, and 25% VAT — the Mirror Image of Norway

Sweden applies the same EU tariff stack as Germany — 10% standard duty plus a brand-specific countervailing duty of 17% to 35.3% — and adds 25% VAT, among the highest rates in the EU. A BYD Seal lands at about $45,890 (+85.9%), roughly $7,778 more than the same car into Norway. Full stack, model by model.

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September 16, 2026 · 16 min read

Importing a Chinese EV to the UK: 10% Duty, 20% VAT, and the Countervailing Duty Britain Skipped

Importing a Chinese EV to the UK means 10% MFN duty and 20% VAT — and none of the EU's 17–35.3% countervailing duty. Our model lands a BYD Seal at $38,840.8 (+57.3%), about $5,573 below Germany. Here is the tax stack, the IVA and RHD requirements, and the model-by-model math.

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September 16, 2026 · 14 min read

Importing a Chinese EV to Thailand: 0% ACFTA Duty, 7% VAT, and the Three-Tier Excise Coming for Imported Cars

Importing a Chinese EV to Thailand currently means 0% import duty under ACFTA, no countervailing duty and 7% VAT — a BYD Seal lands at about $31,068 (+25.8%), one of the cheapest landings in our 30-market data set. But imported EVs already carry a 10% excise tax that most price models ignore, and in September 2026 the national EV Board agreed on a three-tier excise structure that taxes fully imported cars hardest. Here is the full stack, model by model.

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September 15, 2026 · 7 min read

Importing a Chinese EV to Brazil: 35% BEV Tariff and the Cascading Tax Stack Behind It

Importing a Chinese EV to Brazil now means 35% import tax (II), with IPI, PIS/COFINS and ICMS cascading on top. A BYD Seal lands at $45,568. Here is the schedule history, the worked example, and why the headline rate understates the bill.

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