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Where does the United States get its motorcycles? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $4 billion of motorcycles (125 thousand tonnes), 10.8% of the world total. Its main sources were China (25%), Japan (22%) and Thailand (12%). The United States was the world’s largest importer of motorcycles.

Summary

Value
$4billion
Tonnes
125thousand tonnes
Share of world total
10.8%
World rank
1st
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China998Tonnes: 30,125USD per tonne: $33,11325%Sea
Japan888Tonnes: 28,860USD per tonne: $30,78522.2%Sea
Thailand473Tonnes: 18,327USD per tonne: $25,79311.8%Sea
Austria322Tonnes: 13,782USD per tonne: $23,3728.1%Sea
Germany275Tonnes: 5,182USD per tonne: $53,1046.9%Air
Italy254Tonnes: 6,358USD per tonne: $39,9856.4%Air
Taiwan221Tonnes: 5,072USD per tonne: $43,4775.5%Sea
Canada131Tonnes: 2,652USD per tonne: $49,5003.3%Land
Indonesia94.2Tonnes: 4,566USD per tonne: $20,6192.4%Sea
India82.7Tonnes: 3,276USD per tonne: $25,2362.1%Sea
Spain73.1Tonnes: 1,879USD per tonne: $38,8831.8%Sea
Vietnam43.9Tonnes: 1,182USD per tonne: $37,1171.1%Sea
Cambodia35.3Tonnes: 865USD per tonne: $40,7590.88%Sea
Brazil28.4Tonnes: 1,131USD per tonne: $25,1140.71%Sea
Mexico18Tonnes: 414USD per tonne: $43,4660.45%Land
Bulgaria16.3Tonnes: 225USD per tonne: $72,4900.41%Air
Netherlands re-exports9.9Tonnes: 236USD per tonne: $41,9750.25%Sea
United Kingdom9.1Tonnes: 241USD per tonne: $37,8370.23%Sea
Philippines5.4Tonnes: 129USD per tonne: $41,8990.14%Sea
Poland4.5Tonnes: 127USD per tonne: $35,4380.11%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2019

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

  • China 1
  • Japan 0.89
  • Thailand 0.47
  • Austria 0.32
  • Germany 0.28

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.011
Japan0.810.89
Thailand< 0.010.47
Austria0.010.32
Germany0.060.28

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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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