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German SUVs are getting more and more expensive for Chinese customers. BMW 
wants to increase its prices in China due to the increase in rights on American cars. Currently, the company is still calculating the "necessary price increases" in this context. At present, however, it remains to the list of current prices for dealers. The new prices will be published later.
China announced Friday, in response to punitive tariffs from the United States, an increase in tariffs for US cars to 40 percent. For the rest of the world, Beijing lowered its rates by 25 to 15% on July 1st.
BMW builds the SUV X3 to X6 models in its largest plant in Spartanburg, United States (state of South Carolina), which are also exported to China. In total, BMW delivers approximately 100,000 off-road vehicles from Spartanburg annually to China
Even Daimler's competitor has problems with Beijing's tariffs on cars manufactured in the United States. In mid-June, Stuttgart lowered its annual forecast of the group's operating results, with particular reference to the effect of Chinese tariffs. Daimler builds big Mercedes-Benz SUVs at the American factory in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and also exports these cars to China. The increase in import tariffs in China would lead to lower sales than expected, it was said in the warning on profits. In addition, the higher costs could not be fully passed on to customers
Volkswagen was hardly affected by the tariff dispute between the United States and China up to now. In the United States, VW is building the Passat and the new Atlas SUV for the North American market. Volkswagen Golf and Jetta manufactures in Puebla, Mexico. The Audi subsidiary produces the Q5 SUV in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico, but also builds it in China.
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