USITC’s July 17 Ruling on Imported Chinese Golf Carts – Major Impact Ahead!
 

Big news just dropped yesterday! On July 17, 2025, the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) issued its final affirmative determination.

What does this mean for Chinese golf carts? With the USITC’s affirmative vote (including on critical circumstances), the Commerce Department will now issue anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on these Chinese imports. Duties could be retroactive and will make future imports much more expensive or stop them entirely for at least five years. The Chinese imports will likely rush to liquidate their current inventory at steep discounts and cash out.

If you’re considering a Chinese-made cart, think twice: Parts and repairs could become impossible to source or insanely pricey once the supply dries up.

This is a massive victory for domestic and established players like Club Car, EZGO, and Yamaha, who pushed for these investigations to level the playing field against unfairly priced competition.

Here is the ruling - Access Denied

128 to 478% Tariffs on low speed personal Transportation Vehicles, the US government announced that in January.

Cost of the carts and parts will be astronomical. Once supply runs out who knows what will happen. Won't be good.

Final Dumping / Subsidy Rates- EC AD CVD Final Determinations of Low-Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles from China

Based on the final antidumping and countervailing duty determinations issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce on June 17, 2025, new golf carts manufactured by Guangdong Lvtong New Energy Electric Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd. (including the brands ICON, Evolution, Advance, Epic, and others) will see a significant cost increase. The Department set a dumping margin of 119.39% and a subsidy rate of 31.45%, resulting in combined duties of approximately 150.84% of the import value. For example, if the base import cost of a golf cart is $9,000, the combined duties would add about $13,576, bringing the total to around $22,576. Even a cart with a landed cost of $6,000 could see an increase of more than $9,000, making the final cost roughly $15,000. This will hit August 7, 2025.

Good! CCP has been raping and robbing us blind for decades. We have capitulated. Time to retake Americans supporting America.