ROME: Italy imports of bicycles are topping $1b annually. The United States imported $140.38 billion in automobiles, a statistic that does not take into account vehicles manufactured in the United States, including by most large foreign automakers.
Bicycles, meanwhile, are the nation’s No. 225-ranked import, with a value of $1.36 billion, according to WorldCity analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. There is virtually no bicycle manufacturing in the United States on a mass scale anymore.