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Who buys France’s cosmetics? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, France exported $13.2 billion of cosmetics (319 thousand tonnes), 18.9% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (18%), the United States (10%) and Singapore (9%). France was the world’s largest exporter of cosmetics.

Summary

Value
$13.2billion
Tonnes
319thousand tonnes
Share of world total
18.9%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.4Tonnes: 28,960USD per tonne: $84,14318.5%Air
United States1.3Tonnes: 27,379USD per tonne: $47,7099.9%Sea
Singapore re-exports1.2Tonnes: 19,130USD per tonne: $61,8249%Air
Germany0.67Tonnes: 21,671USD per tonne: $31,0955.1%Land
Spain0.67Tonnes: 18,401USD per tonne: $36,1595.1%Land
Italy0.64Tonnes: 24,246USD per tonne: $26,2334.8%Land
United Kingdom0.47Tonnes: 18,150USD per tonne: $25,8643.6%Sea
Japan0.43Tonnes: 5,610USD per tonne: $76,8543.3%Air
South Korea0.31Tonnes: 6,037USD per tonne: $50,7092.3%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.3Tonnes: 7,136USD per tonne: $41,6352.3%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.29Tonnes: 6,550USD per tonne: $44,6202.2%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.27Tonnes: 14,914USD per tonne: $17,9602%Land
Macao0.25Tonnes: 1,182USD per tonne: $209,1171.9%Air
Poland0.22Tonnes: 6,691USD per tonne: $32,9651.7%Sea
Canada0.21Tonnes: 6,881USD per tonne: $30,7691.6%Sea
Taiwan0.19Tonnes: 2,784USD per tonne: $68,8641.5%Air
Netherlands re-exports0.19Tonnes: 4,325USD per tonne: $43,4541.4%Sea
Czechia0.17Tonnes: 5,492USD per tonne: $31,5341.3%Sea
Mexico0.17Tonnes: 5,587USD per tonne: $30,2381.3%Sea
Turkey0.16Tonnes: 6,168USD per tonne: $26,7121.3%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2017

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

  • China 2.4
  • United States 1.3
  • Singapore 1.2
  • Germany 0.67
  • Spain 0.67

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.4
United States0.171.3
Singapore0.081.2
Germany0.280.67
Spain0.130.67

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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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