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A BYD Atto 3 lands at $31,503 in Germany, $27,713 in the UK and $23,736 in Australia — $13,208–$28,423 below a Tesla Model Y. The compact-vs-mid-size math.
Denmark applies the full EU stack — 10% standard duty, a brand-specific countervailing duty of 17% to 35.3%, and 25% VAT — then adds the largest registration block in our 30-market dataset at $3,500. A BYD Seal lands at about $49,320 (+99.8%), $3,430 above Sweden and the steepest EU landing we record for it. Full stack, model by model.
Importing a Chinese EV to France stacks the EU's 10% standard duty, a brand-specific countervailing duty (BYD 17%, Geely 18.8%, SAIC/MG 35.3%, most other exporters 20.7%), and 20% VAT — plus a registration line our model holds flat at $400. A BYD Seal lands at about $44,631 (+80.8%) in our 30-market records: $218 above Germany and $318 below the Netherlands. France is also a Stellantis home market that both competes with these imports and distributes Chinese-built cars.
Germany applies the EU's full trade-defence stack to Chinese EVs: 10% standard duty, a brand-specific countervailing duty (BYD 17%, Geely 18.8%, SAIC 35.3%, most other producers 20.7%), then 19% VAT — a BYD Seal lands at about $44,413 (+79.9%). Germany beats France, the Netherlands and Belgium on seven of nine models, but never by more than $708 — and Teslas built at Giga Berlin sit outside the duty entirely. The full stack, model by model.
The Netherlands applies the full EU stack — 10% standard duty, a brand-specific countervailing duty of 17% to 35.3%, and 21% VAT — plus a $400 registration line. A BYD Seal lands at about $44,949 (+82.1%): exactly $250 above Belgium and $536 above Germany. The customs bill is identical at every EU border; Rotterdam is the gateway the cars arrive through.
The MG4 lands $4,310 below the BYD Dolphin in Germany despite SAIC's 35.3% duty — and up to $5,716 below it in Qatar, the UK and Australia. The hatchback math.