Xiaomi SU7 vs BYD Han: Chinese Flagship Sedans, Landed-Cost Comparison - China EV Mart
The Xiaomi SU7 lands at $54,504 in Germany, $46,272 in the UK and $37,878 in the UAE; the BYD Han lands at $42,897, $37,534 and $30,579 — full duty, CVD and VAT math for two five-metre-class Chinese flagship sedans across seven markets.
TL;DR
The BYD Han lands cheaper than the Xiaomi SU7 in every market in this comparison: $42,897.26 against $54,504.48 in Germany — a gap of $11,607.22 — $36,875.00 against $45,150.00 in Norway, and $30,009.00 against $37,092.40 in Thailand. The two cars are five-metre-class flagship sedans within 2 mm of each other in length, so the spread is not about size: it is the $6,620 factory-gate price gap between them compounding through duty and VAT, plus Xiaomi’s 20.7% EU countervailing duty against BYD’s individually assessed 17.0%.
Every number below is computed from the two vehicle records and the central tariff database behind China EV Mart’s landed-cost figures, using the formula documented in the landed-cost methodology.
Definitions
Five cost terms decide everything in this comparison.
- Ex-factory price (FOB) — what the car costs at the Chinese factory gate or port before shipping, duty, or tax. The SU7 is listed from $30,320; the Han from $23,700.
- Landed cost — the fully delivered, duty-paid cost of putting the car on the road in the destination market: base price + standard import duty + countervailing duty + VAT/GST + RoRo freight + customs clearance + certification + registration + inland transport. In Germany: $54,504.48 for the SU7, $42,897.26 for the Han.
- Countervailing duty (CVD) — the EU’s anti-subsidy tariff on Chinese-built battery-electric vehicles, in force since October 2024 and layered on top of the standard duty. It is producer-specific: BYD carries an individually assessed 17.0%; Xiaomi has no individual rate on file and is modeled at the 20.7% “other cooperating companies” rate.
- Standard import duty — the ordinary tariff that applies before any CVD. Across these seven markets: 10% in the EU and the UK, 5% in the UAE, 0% in Norway, Australia, and Thailand.
- Fixed costs — the non-tax stack: RoRo freight, customs clearance, certification, registration, and inland transport. It does not shrink for a cheaper car — the reason the Han can be the cheaper import while carrying the higher percentage premium.
The two cars, side by side
Both are roughly five-metre, four-door electric flagships from Chinese brands, and on paper they are unusually close in footprint. The specs below come from the vehicle records; the price gap is the seed of everything that follows.
| Attribute | Xiaomi SU7 | BYD Han |
|---|---|---|
| Body | Sedan, 4,997 × 1,963 × 1,455 mm | Sedan, 4,995 × 1,910 × 1,495 mm |
| Wheelbase | 3,000 mm | 2,920 mm |
| Powertrain | BEV | BEV (a PHEV variant is also listed) |
| Battery | 73.6 kWh | 72 kWh (BEV pack options: 60.48–85.44 kWh) |
| Range (listed) | 700 km CLTC | 605 km CLTC (a 715 km long-range figure is also listed) |
| Motor power | 220 kW | 200 kW |
| Torque | 400 Nm | 315 Nm |
| 0–100 km/h | 5.28 s | 6.9 s |
| Top speed | 210 km/h | 200 km/h |
| Curb weight | 1,980 kg | 1,910 kg |
| Listed efficiency | 12.3 kWh/100 km | 15.0 kWh/100 km |
| Fast charge | 25 min (10–80%) | Not listed (slow AC charging only in the record) |
| China base price | $30,320 | $23,700 |
Two qualifications before the money math. CLTC is China’s own test cycle and is not comparable with WLTP or EPA range figures — see the CLTC vs WLTP explainer. And the Han is also sold as a plug-in hybrid; because the EU countervailing duty covers BEVs only, the PHEV would price differently on import. Everything in this article is the base BEV configuration of each car.
The tariff stack, side by side
Tariffs bite on one route — imports into the EU — and there the two cars are treated as different companies rather than different cars.
| Tariff layer | Xiaomi SU7 | BYD Han |
|---|---|---|
| Standard import duty | 10% EU and UK; 5% UAE; 0% Norway, Australia, Thailand | Same schedule |
| EU countervailing duty | 20.7% — “other cooperating companies” default; no individual rate on file | 17.0% — individually assessed |
| CVD outside the EU (UK, Norway, Australia, UAE, Thailand) | None | None |
| VAT/GST across the seven markets | 5% (UAE) to 25% (Norway) | Same schedule |
The layers compound rather than add. Standard duty is charged on the base price, the countervailing duty on top of that, VAT last on the duty-inclusive total, and the fixed costs go on at the end. So the 3.7-point CVD difference (20.7% vs 17.0%) costs more than its headline suggests — about $1,468 extra in Germany once VAT on the increment is counted, on a car whose base price is already $6,620 higher.
The rate gap exists because BYD is one of the producers given an individual rate in the EU’s schedule, while Xiaomi is not individually named and falls to the default line used for other cooperating exporters.
The landed-cost matrix
Both cars, seven markets, the complete stack from factory gate to registered vehicle. The seven markets span the regimes that matter: full EU CVD treatment, post-Brexit UK, EFTA Norway, zero-duty Australia and Thailand, and the GCC. Fixed costs cover RoRo freight, customs clearance, certification, registration, and inland transport; VAT/GST is shown at the full local rate.
| Market | Car | Ex-factory | Standard duty | CVD | VAT/GST | Fixed costs | Landed (USD) | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany (EU) | Xiaomi SU7 | $30,320 | $3,032 | $6,903.86 | $7,648.61 | $6,600 | $54,504.48 | +79.8% |
| Germany (EU) | BYD Han | $23,700 | $2,370 | $4,431.90 | $5,795.36 | $6,600 | $42,897.26 | +81.0% |
| France (EU) | Xiaomi SU7 | $30,320 | $3,032 | $6,903.86 | $8,051.17 | $6,500 | $54,807.04 | +80.8% |
| France (EU) | BYD Han | $23,700 | $2,370 | $4,431.90 | $6,100.38 | $6,500 | $43,102.28 | +81.9% |
| United Kingdom (non-EU) | Xiaomi SU7 | $30,320 | $3,032 | $0 | $6,670.40 | $6,250 | $46,272.40 | +52.6% |
| United Kingdom (non-EU) | BYD Han | $23,700 | $2,370 | $0 | $5,214 | $6,250 | $37,534.00 | +58.4% |
| Norway (non-EU) | Xiaomi SU7 | $30,320 | $0 | $0 | $7,580 | $7,250 | $45,150.00 | +48.9% |
| Norway (non-EU) | BYD Han | $23,700 | $0 | $0 | $5,925 | $7,250 | $36,875.00 | +55.6% |
| Australia (non-EU) | Xiaomi SU7 | $30,320 | $0 | $0 | $3,032 | $5,850 | $39,202.00 | +29.3% |
| Australia (non-EU) | BYD Han | $23,700 | $0 | $0 | $2,370 | $5,850 | $31,920.00 | +34.7% |
| UAE (non-EU) | Xiaomi SU7 | $30,320 | $1,516 | $0 | $1,591.80 | $4,450 | $37,877.80 | +24.9% |
| UAE (non-EU) | BYD Han | $23,700 | $1,185 | $0 | $1,244.25 | $4,450 | $30,579.25 | +29.0% |
| Thailand (non-EU) | Xiaomi SU7 | $30,320 | $0 | $0 | $2,122.40 | $4,650 | $37,092.40 | +22.3% |
| Thailand (non-EU) | BYD Han | $23,700 | $0 | $0 | $1,659 | $4,650 | $30,009.00 | +26.6% |
Note: Fixed costs are the regional logistics and compliance benchmark plus the market’s registration fee — Germany’s $6,600 decomposes to $2,000 RoRo freight + $350 customs clearance + $3,250 certification + $500 inland transport + $500 registration. Row totals are the exact dataset values; per-line amounts are rounded to the nearest cent, so a row may differ from its total by up to $0.01.
What the matrix shows
- The Han is cheaper to land in every market priced — by $7,083.40 to $11,704.76. The widest spreads sit in the EU (France $11,704.76, Germany $11,607.22); the narrowest is Thailand at $7,083.40. Depending on the market, the SU7 lands 22–27% above the Han.
- The percentage column pulls the other way. The Han carries the higher premium over its own base price in all seven markets — +81.0% against +79.8% in Germany. The fixed stack is identical for both cars and weighs proportionally heavier on the cheaper one. Percentages flatter cheap cars; budget in dollars.
- The EU is where tariff treatment widens the gap. Of Germany’s $11,607.22 spread, $10,138.73 is the factory-gate difference compounding through duty, a BYD-level CVD, and VAT; $1,468.49 is the extra cost of Xiaomi’s 20.7% rate versus BYD’s 17.0%, VAT included.
- Outside the EU, the gap is arithmetic. With no CVD for either car, the spread is the $6,620 base difference passed through each market’s duty and VAT: UK $8,738.40, Norway $8,275.00, UAE $7,298.55, Australia $7,282.00, Thailand $7,083.40.
- Fixed costs run $4,450–$7,250 across these markets and are identical for both cars in each market. They never explain which car is cheaper — only how large its percentage premium looks.
The Author’s Take
Position
If the question is which of these two flagships is cheaper to land, the answer is the BYD Han in every market I priced — by $7,083 to $11,705 — and the cause is structural, not negotiable: the same compliance stack, the same shipping route, and a lower bill at every layer of the cascade. The SU7’s disadvantage in Europe is double-layered: it starts $6,620 higher and pays 3.7 points more countervailing duty, because BYD holds an individually assessed rate in the EU schedule and Xiaomi does not.
Reasoning
Germany is the cleanest place to see the structure. The $6,620 factory-gate difference compounds to $10,138.73 once it passes through the 10% duty, a BYD-level 17% CVD, and 19% VAT; Xiaomi’s higher rate adds the remaining $1,468.49, VAT on the increment included. Together they produce the recorded $11,607.22 gap. Nothing else explains it — the fixed costs, $6,600 for both cars, cancel out of the comparison.
Strip the EU away and the story gets simpler still: in the UK the entire gap is the base difference times duty and VAT — $6,620 × 1.10 × 1.20 = $8,738.40, exactly what the records show. That suggests the practical frame for an importer: the Han is the low-cost unit, the SU7 the spec leader (700 km CLTC, 5.28 s, 12.3 kWh/100 km against 605 km, 6.9 s, 15.0 kWh/100 km) that has to earn back $7,000–$12,000 of extra landed cost in the showroom. And keep one number to stay honest: the Han’s premium in percent terms is higher in every market because fixed costs spread thinner over a smaller base. Dollars, not percentages, are what a distributor has to fund.
Disclosure
These are B2B import estimates, not quotes: USD only, no importer margin, financing, or currency hedging included. VAT/GST is shown at the full local rate and is often recoverable for registered businesses, so treat a landed figure as the cash needed at the border rather than the final net cost.
Fixed costs are regional benchmarks — $4,450 in the UAE to $7,250 in Norway across these markets — not freight quotes; real numbers move with lane, volume, and homologation route. The vehicle records were updated 7 September 2026, are not yet marked as reviewed, and the Han’s fast-charge figure is not listed. The tariff rates were last verified 15 September 2026; a planned re-check of the EUR-Lex source on 17 September 2026 was blocked by access controls, so the CVD percentages stand as recorded pending that review — and Xiaomi’s 20.7% is a default treatment, not a company-specific assessment. Different battery options (the Han’s BEV packs run 60.48–85.44 kWh) and the PHEV variant would shift the numbers; verify current rates with a customs broker before pricing a shipment.
Key statistics
- $6,620 at the gate becomes $7,083–$11,705 at the border. The Han undercuts the SU7 in all seven markets priced; the widest gaps are in the EU.
- Germany: $54,504.48 vs $42,897.26 — $11,607.22 apart. $10,138.73 is price compounding; $1,468.49 is Xiaomi’s higher CVD (20.7% vs 17.0%), VAT included.
- The EU countervailing duty is BEV-only and EU-only. Outside the bloc neither car pays it: UK gap $8,738.40, Norway $8,275.00, UAE $7,298.55, Australia $7,282.00, Thailand $7,083.40.
- Percentage premiums run higher on the Han (+81.0% vs +79.8% in Germany) because fixed costs do not scale — budget in dollars.
- The stack compounds; never add it. Duty, then CVD, then VAT, each charged on the previous total.
Sources
- EUR-Lex — Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2754: countervailing duties on battery electric vehicles from China — https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2024/2754/oj — accessed 15 September 2026.
- China EV Mart — Xiaomi SU7 vehicle record and 30-market landed-cost dataset (base $30,320; Germany landed $54,504.48) — /vehicles/xiaomi-su7/ — accessed 19 September 2026.
- China EV Mart — BYD Han vehicle record and 30-market landed-cost dataset (base $23,700; Germany landed $42,897.26) — /vehicles/byd-han/ — accessed 19 September 2026.
- China EV Mart — Central tariff database: standard duty, producer-specific countervailing-duty schedule, fixed-cost components — src/data/tariffs.json — accessed 19 September 2026.
- China EV Mart — Market reference: per-market duty, VAT/GST, and registration fees — src/data/market-master.json — accessed 19 September 2026.
- China EV Mart — Landed Cost Methodology: formula, compounding order, fixed-cost benchmarks — /docs/landed-cost-methodology/ — accessed 19 September 2026.
- China EV Mart — Regional fixed-cost model (region base + registration fee) used to extend landed costs to 30 markets — scripts/extend_markets.py — accessed 19 September 2026.