Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$3 billion$3B
vs 2010
4.2× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
0.2%
Busiest portTop port
Otay Mesa, CA

The US buys the most hearing aids from Denmark: 49% of $3 billion.

Vietnam is second at 13%. Hearing aids and their parts.

Where US hearing aids come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $3B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Denmark$1.49B49.4%
  2. 02Vietnam$0.38B12.7%
  3. 03Mexico$0.30B9.9%
  4. 04Australia$0.26B8.6%
  5. 05Switzerland$0.23B7.8%
  6. 06Singapore$0.11B3.7%
  7. 07Poland$0.11B3.5%
  8. 08China$97.2M3.2%
  9. 09Sweden$24.3M0.8%
  10. 10Thailand$2.8M<0.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $5.9M0.2%

Total US hearing aids imports by year · $719M in 2010 to $3B 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 hearing aids imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US hearing aids imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Denmark32% → 49%
Vietnam3.7% → 13%
Poland0.4% → 3.5%
Australia5.7% → 8.6%
Sweden0.5% → 0.8%
Thailand0.2% → <0.1%
Mexico11% → 9.9%
Switzerland9.7% → 7.8%
Singapore11% → 3.7%
China26% → 3.2%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported hearing aids are made in Europe. Denmark and Switzerland send 57% between them, and Poland adds another 4%. Vietnam, Singapore and China send 20% from Asia.

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  1. 01Denmark
  2. 02Vietnam
  3. 03Mexico
  4. 04Australia
  5. 05Switzerland
  6. 06Singapore
  7. 07Poland
  8. 08China

Where it enters

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

52% comes in by land or other routes, not by ship or air. Otay Mesa alone takes 42%. Chicago and Anchorage follow at 16% and 13%.

Goods crossing by land are recorded at Census ports of entry, which can be inland.

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  1. AOtay Mesa, CA $1.25B
  2. BChicago, IL $0.49B
  3. CAnchorage, AK $0.38B
  4. DCalexico East, CA $0.17B
  5. ENewark, NJ $0.15B
  6. FBrownsville, TX $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 hearing aids is used.

One state is listed for over $1B.

  1. 01New Jersey$1.30B
  2. 02Minnesota$0.59B
  3. 03Illinois$0.50B
  4. 04Colorado$0.29B
  5. 05California$0.23B
$1B+$400M–1B$100–400M$10–100MUnder $10M

Counted under HS 902140. How we count.