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Who buys China’s bicycles? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $2.6 billion of bicycles (532 thousand tonnes), 31.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (18%), Japan (17%) and Vietnam (9%). China was the world’s largest exporter of bicycles.

Summary

Value
$2.6billion
Tonnes
532thousand tonnes
Share of world total
31.9%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States454Tonnes: 130,570USD per tonne: $3,47417.7%Sea
Japan426Tonnes: 61,777USD per tonne: $6,90016.6%Sea
Vietnam236Tonnes: 32,676USD per tonne: $7,2339.2%Land
Russia156Tonnes: 34,398USD per tonne: $4,5406.1%Land
South Korea78.4Tonnes: 8,779USD per tonne: $8,9303.1%Sea
Australia77.3Tonnes: 12,629USD per tonne: $6,1253%Sea
Indonesia76Tonnes: 8,647USD per tonne: $8,7873%Sea
Netherlands re-exports64.7Tonnes: 3,134USD per tonne: $20,6512.5%Sea
Iraq50.8Tonnes: 9,974USD per tonne: $5,0942%Sea
Mexico49.9Tonnes: 9,894USD per tonne: $5,0482%Sea
Canada46.9Tonnes: 8,232USD per tonne: $5,7001.8%Sea
United Arab Emirates42.1Tonnes: 9,422USD per tonne: $4,4671.6%Sea
Iran38.8Tonnes: 8,243USD per tonne: $4,7041.5%Sea
Thailand36.6Tonnes: 16,499USD per tonne: $2,2201.4%Sea
Colombia32.1Tonnes: 6,841USD per tonne: $4,6931.3%Sea
United Kingdom31.6Tonnes: 4,222USD per tonne: $7,4941.2%Sea
Saudi Arabia29.5Tonnes: 11,944USD per tonne: $2,4691.2%Sea
France28.8Tonnes: 1,678USD per tonne: $17,1861.1%Sea
Malaysia27.4Tonnes: 12,738USD per tonne: $2,1481.1%Sea
Chile27.3Tonnes: 541USD per tonne: $50,4101.1%Air

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2024

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 0.45
  • Japan 0.43
  • Vietnam 0.24
  • Russia 0.16
  • South Korea 0.08

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.210.45
Japan0.060.43
Vietnam< 0.010.24
Russia< 0.010.16
South Korea0.010.08

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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