the latest data shows that in the first quarter of 2023, the united states imported a total of 56.08 million tires, a year-on-year decrease of 20.7%. among them, the import of passenger car tires decreased by 10.5% year-on-year to 36.16 million; the import of truck and bus tires decreased by 14.2% year-on-year to 11.49 million; the import of aircraft tires increased by 5.5% year-on-year to 82,000; million; bicycle tires fell 49% year-on-year to 1.58 million.
from january to march, the united states imported 5.2 million tires from china, a year-on-year decrease of 54%. among them, passenger car tires decreased by 17% year-on-year to 570,000; truck and bus tires decreased by 10% year-on-year to 560,000.
from january to march, the united states imported 10.88 million tires from thailand, a year-on-year decrease of 23%. among them, the number of passenger car tires was 6.93 million, a year-on-year decrease of 20%; the number of truck and bus tires was 2.97 million, a year-on-year decrease of 27%.
thailand and china are major importers of american tires.
