Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$859 million$859M
vs 2017
5.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
96%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most e-bikes from China: 29% of $859 million.

Taiwan is a close second at 26%. Bikes and motorcycles with electric motors.

Where US e-bikes come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $859M the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$248M28.9%
  2. 02Taiwan$221M25.7%
  3. 03Cambodia$155M18.0%
  4. 04Vietnam$123M14.4%
  5. 05Spain$41.5M4.8%
  6. 06Thailand$24.1M2.8%
  7. 07Germany$12.2M1.4%
  8. 08Netherlands$9.5M1.1%
  9. 09Mexico$6.2M0.7%
  10. 10Indonesia$5.7M0.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $13.4M1.6%

Total US e-bikes imports by year · $146M in 2017 to $859M in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2017 to 2025

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Then and now: 2017 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US e-bikes imports. Gray bar is 2017, colored bar is 2025.Share of US e-bikes imports. Gray is 2017, color is 2025.

Cambodia<0.1% → 18%
Taiwan13% → 26%
Vietnam1.9% → 14%
Spain<0.1% → 4.8%
Thailand0% → 2.8%
Mexico<0.1% → 0.7%
Indonesia0% → 0.7%
Netherlands0.6% → 1.1%
Germany3.7% → 1.4%
China78% → 29%
2017 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

Most imported e-bikes are made in East Asia. China and Taiwan send 55% between them, and Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand add another 35%. Spain, Germany and the Netherlands ship from Europe.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Taiwan
  3. 03Cambodia
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Spain
  6. 06Thailand
  7. 07Germany
  8. 08Netherlands

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

96% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 48%. Long Beach and Newark follow at 14% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $410M
  2. BLong Beach, CA $120M
  3. CNewark, NJ $75.7M
  4. DSavannah, GA $60.8M
  5. EOakland, CA $53.6M
  6. FNew York, NY $22.4M
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the e-bikes is used.

One state is listed for over $100M.

  1. 01California$452M
  2. 02Utah$73.9M
  3. 03Arizona$63.6M
  4. 04New Jersey$31.4M
  5. 05Wisconsin$31.1M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 871160. How we count.