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Who buys China’s cosmetics? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, China exported $4.8 billion of cosmetics (439 thousand tonnes), 6.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (15%), Hong Kong (11%) and the United Kingdom (9%). China was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of cosmetics.

Summary

Value
$4.8billion
Tonnes
439thousand tonnes
Share of world total
6.9%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States717Tonnes: 83,848USD per tonne: $8,54715%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports528Tonnes: 12,718USD per tonne: $41,52511%Land
United Kingdom448Tonnes: 37,780USD per tonne: $11,8499.3%Sea
Indonesia244Tonnes: 17,842USD per tonne: $13,6815.1%Sea
Germany211Tonnes: 12,337USD per tonne: $17,0744.4%Sea
France193Tonnes: 11,462USD per tonne: $16,8394%Sea
Japan137Tonnes: 8,483USD per tonne: $16,0992.9%Sea
Netherlands re-exports133Tonnes: 17,005USD per tonne: $7,8202.8%Sea
Russia113Tonnes: 10,495USD per tonne: $10,8152.4%Land
Thailand112Tonnes: 5,969USD per tonne: $18,7252.3%Sea
Spain104Tonnes: 9,335USD per tonne: $11,1762.2%Sea
India94.1Tonnes: 12,818USD per tonne: $7,3432%Land
Australia92.8Tonnes: 4,897USD per tonne: $18,9441.9%Sea
Mexico78.3Tonnes: 18,631USD per tonne: $4,2011.6%Sea
Canada77.7Tonnes: 2,586USD per tonne: $30,0471.6%Air
Denmark73.5Tonnes: 3,519USD per tonne: $20,8891.5%Sea
Saudi Arabia72.9Tonnes: 10,658USD per tonne: $6,8421.5%Sea
Malaysia70.5Tonnes: 5,191USD per tonne: $13,5891.5%Sea
Poland69.3Tonnes: 3,911USD per tonne: $17,7281.5%Sea
Taiwan56.3Tonnes: 2,739USD per tonne: $20,5721.2%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 1997

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 0.72
  • Hong Kong 0.53
  • United Kingdom 0.45
  • Indonesia 0.24
  • Germany 0.21

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.010.72
Hong Kong0.020.53
United Kingdom< 0.010.45
Indonesia< 0.010.24
Germany< 0.010.21

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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