BYD's Brazil expansion hits roadblocks as other carmakers call for tariffs

Chinese company has stockpiled thousands of vehicles, with more on the way

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BYD vehicles wait to be loaded onto a car carrier in China's Jiangsu province. © Reuters

NIKI MIZUGUCHI

SAO PAULO -- BYD's aggressive bid for growth is running into trouble in Brazil as calls mount from other automakers for immediate tariff increases to keep China's biggest electric-vehicle maker from building up inventory.

A car carrier loaded with more than 7,000 BYD vehicles left a port in China's Jiangsu province in late April, with Chinese state media saying it would take about a month to reach the Port of Itajai in southern Brazil's Santa Catarina.

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