Shimano warns of 1% price increase

July 29, 2026

Shimano says soaring raw material costs due the Middle East war may force it to slightly raise prices on bicycle components next month.

But increased procurement costs, the cost of securing alternative raw materials, and rising sea and air freight rates, all due to the war will result in higher production costs. “A portion of these cost increases will be passed on to selling prices,” the company said.

Shimano said the extra costs will amount to an estimated 4.0 billion yen ($24.4 million) in net revenue for its full fiscal year (all in the second half) due to “soaring raw material prices and price increase requests from suppliers” It said it would partially offset the cost increase by passing through a price increase on components, resulting in an estimated extra 2.0 billion yen in net sales revenue in the second half of the year. It said the price increase will start in August.  Bicycle Retailer