Half of electric bicycles in EU are imported from Taiwan

In 2019, the EU produced over 11.4 million bicycles. This represents a 5% increase on the previous year and 10% higher than the number produced in 2014. The total production of bicycles peaked at 13.7 million in 2015, 17% higher than the number produced in 2019.

Among EU Member States, Portugal was the largest producer of bicycles in 2019, manufacturing 2.7 million bicycles, followed by Italy (2.1 million), Germany (1.5 million), Poland (0.9 million) and the Netherlands (0.7 million). These five countries together accounted for 70% of total EU production of bicycles in 2019.