Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3.2 billion$3.2B
vs 2010
2.9× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
94%
Busiest portTop port
Los Angeles, CA

The US buys the most motorcycles from Japan: 27% of $3.2 billion.

Thailand is second at 17%. Motorcycles and mopeds, with and without sidecars.

Where US motorcycles come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3.2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Japan$0.86B26.9%
  2. 02Thailand$0.56B17.4%
  3. 03China$0.42B13.2%
  4. 04Taiwan$0.23B7.1%
  5. 05Germany$0.21B6.6%
  6. 06Italy$0.21B6.4%
  7. 07Cambodia$0.15B4.8%
  8. 08Vietnam$0.13B3.9%
  9. 09Austria$95.0M3.0%
  10. 10Indonesia$85.0M2.7%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.26B8.1%

Total US motorcycles imports by year · $1.1B in 2010 to $3.2B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US motorcycles imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US motorcycles imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Thailand11% → 17%
Taiwan1.4% → 7.1%
Cambodia0% → 4.8%
Vietnam0.3% → 3.9%
Indonesia1.1% → 2.7%
Italy6.5% → 6.4%
China15% → 13%
Germany11% → 6.6%
Japan33% → 27%
Austria9.7% → 3%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported motorcycles are made in Asia. Japan and Thailand send 44% between them, and China, Taiwan, Cambodia and Vietnam add another 29%. Germany, Italy and Austria send 16% from Europe.

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

Where it lands

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

94% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through West and East Coast ports. Los Angeles alone takes 40%. Newark and Tacoma follow at 12% and 9%.

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  1. ALos Angeles, CA $1.28B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.40B
  3. CTacoma, WA $0.29B
  4. DNorfolk, VA $0.26B
  5. ESavannah, GA $0.16B
  6. FLong Beach, CA $0.13B
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 motorcycles is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01California$1.53B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.27B
  3. 03Washington$0.26B
  4. 04Pennsylvania$0.17B
  5. 05Virginia$0.17B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 8711. How we count.