Trade and tariff analytics
2026-04-26
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BYD enters Europe 2026: the anti-subsidy stack, Hungary as bridgehead, and the EU OEM compression
BYD shipped 4.27 million vehicles in 2024 and overtook Tesla on quarterly battery electric volume. The EU answered with definitive countervailing duties on October 30, 2024 and a Szeged factory now anchors the China to EU automotive bridge. We map the trade arithmetic and the OEM consequences.
BYD reported 4.27 million NEV sales in 2024 (BYD HKEX 2024 annual report), of which roughly 1.76 million were battery electric, surpassing Tesla on Q4 2024 BEV volume. European registrations of Chinese branded BEVs reached about 290,000 units in 2024 (ACEA, T and E), with BYD at roughly 57,000 against Geely-Volvo at 87,000. The European C...