Turkey vs Indonesia: Asia's Two Steepest Import Walls for Chinese EVs
Turkey's 40% duty + 20% VAT and Indonesia's 50% duty + 11% VAT land a BYD Seal within $80 of each other — $45,729 vs $45,809 — but they are opposite walls: Turkey's extra cost sits in a 25–75% ÖTV on top of the border bill, Indonesia's sits in a localisation deadline that expires in 2027. The crossover where Indonesia becomes the cheaper market sits at exactly a $30,000 base price.