Unsafe fat bikes smuggled from China through Rotterdam port on large scale: report

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Unsafe fat bikes smuggled from China through Rotterdam port on large scale: report

Tens of thousands of unsafe fat bikes are being smuggled from China to Rotterdam and other European ports, AD reports based on its own research. The newspaper spoke to multiple sellers on Bol.com and Makrtplaats, among others, offering no-name fat bikes at prices as low as 599 euros. Legal manufacturers and e-bike experts are dismayed, warning that these Chinese fat bikes are often disguised scooters with an engine up to three times more powerful than the permitted 250 Watts. Olaf has imposed some 200 million euros in late anti-dumping levies but expects it’s only intercepting a fraction of the illegal fat bikes.

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Police confiscated 10,500 illegal fatbikes last year

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Authorities seized about 10,000 illegal fatbikes last year, far more than in 2023

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Inspectors seize 3,500 cheap fatbikes imported from China

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Inspectors seize 3,500 cheap fatbikes imported from China

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