The Delegation of the European Prosecutor’s Office in Porto is investigating a Portuguese company for allegedly importing China electric bicycles in parts, and not assembled, to avoid tariffs antidumpingas announced by the agency and has reported the Portuguese medium .
“The research, called Pedelecs, revealed that, since 2020, a Portuguese company has been importing disassembly electric bicycles (” e-bikes “) of Chinese suppliers in separate parts, with the aim of avoiding the payment of anti-dumping tariffs applicable to the importation of completely assembled electric bicycles,” he said, in a statement, the European Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).
The bicycles were “completely designed in China at the request” of companies in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, assembled in Portugal and then resected by the Portuguese company to the companies that had originally commissioned them.
Imports “were deliberately declared erroneously to customs authorities,” says the statement. It is estimated that the alleged fraudulent plan caused losses to the European Union worth 2.25 million euros, according to the European Prosecutor’s Office.
“16 large -scale records” were made last Wednesday in Portugal, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands to collect information, in an operation that was attended by the Tax and Customs Authority (AT).
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