the latest data shows that in the first five months of 2023, the united states imported a total of 97.77 million tires, a year-on-year decrease of 23.1%. among them, the import of passenger car tires decreased by 12% year-on-year to 63.15 million; the import of truck and bus tires decreased by 21% year-on-year to 19.44 million; the import of aircraft tires increased by 8% year-on-year to 144,000; million; bicycle tires fell 57% year-on-year to 2.56 million.
from january to may, the united states imported a total of 9.64 million tires from china, a year-on-year decrease of 53%. among them, passenger car tires fell 21% year-on-year to 990,000; truck and bus tires fell 32% year-on-year to 910,000.
from january to may, the united states imported 19.45 million tires from thailand, a year-on-year decrease of 21%. among them, there were 12.47 million passenger car tires, a year-on-year decrease of 16%; truck and bus tires were 5 million, a year-on-year decrease of 31%.
thailand and china are major importers of american tires.
