Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of maintaining anti-dumping duties on imports of bicycles originating from the People's Republic of China after the end of the transition period.

In preparation for the end of the transition period, the Department for International Trade has assessed whether the EU anti-dumping measure on bicycles should continue to apply after the transition period. This was done through a Call for Evidence process, which was a technical exercise based on objective evidence from businesses, validated through reputable publicly available sources.

Each measure was considered against set criteria. Based on current evidence, this measure does not meet the criteria and that’s why the Department has determined that the measure should not continue to apply after the transition period. British consumers would bear the brunt of higher prices if anti-dumping measures were unnecessarily retained.

British bicycle producers can, of course, appeal this decision and provide the Department with further information if there are changes to domestic market share before the end of the transition period.