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Who buys Germany’s cosmetics? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $4.3 billion of cosmetics (220 thousand tonnes), 6.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (8%), Poland (8%) and Austria (8%). Germany was the world’s 5th-largest exporter of cosmetics.

Summary

Value
$4.3billion
Tonnes
220thousand tonnes
Share of world total
6.2%
World rank
5th
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
Netherlands re-exports347Tonnes: 17,508USD per tonne: $19,8198%Land
Poland338Tonnes: 19,666USD per tonne: $17,1697.8%Land
Austria331Tonnes: 12,069USD per tonne: $27,4597.7%Land
France255Tonnes: 19,456USD per tonne: $13,1315.9%Land
Spain234Tonnes: 14,417USD per tonne: $16,2465.4%Sea
Italy216Tonnes: 10,473USD per tonne: $20,5905%Sea
United States209Tonnes: 4,999USD per tonne: $41,7264.8%Sea
Switzerland205Tonnes: 4,518USD per tonne: $45,4604.7%Land
United Kingdom190Tonnes: 15,813USD per tonne: $12,0394.4%Sea
China147Tonnes: 4,313USD per tonne: $34,1893.4%Sea
Czechia141Tonnes: 8,002USD per tonne: $17,6823.3%Land
Hungary108Tonnes: 5,284USD per tonne: $20,4292.5%Sea
Denmark101Tonnes: 2,907USD per tonne: $34,9092.3%Land
Croatia88.4Tonnes: 3,454USD per tonne: $25,5782%Sea
Russia83.1Tonnes: 1,799USD per tonne: $46,1751.9%Air
Belgium re-exports78.6Tonnes: 4,027USD per tonne: $19,5221.8%Land
United Arab Emirates77.2Tonnes: 5,248USD per tonne: $14,7061.8%Sea
Turkey67.7Tonnes: 3,620USD per tonne: $18,6941.6%Sea
Saudi Arabia60.2Tonnes: 4,952USD per tonne: $12,1631.4%Sea
Sweden57Tonnes: 2,552USD per tonne: $22,3241.3%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The Netherlands has been its main destination since 2021

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

  • Netherlands 347
  • Poland 338
  • Austria 331
  • France 255
  • Spain 234

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands42.5347
Poland8.5338
Austria70.6331
France51255
Spain21.1234

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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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