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Who buys Japan’s cosmetics? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Japan exported $4 billion of cosmetics (59 thousand tonnes), 5.7% of the world total. China bought 53% of the total, followed by Singapore (10%) and Hong Kong (9%). Japan was the world’s 7th-largest exporter of cosmetics.

Summary

Value
$4billion
Tonnes
59thousand tonnes
Share of world total
5.7%
World rank
7th
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
China2.1Tonnes: 20,078USD per tonne: $104,01352.7%Air
Singapore re-exports0.41Tonnes: 4,606USD per tonne: $89,76410.4%Air
Hong Kong re-exports0.36Tonnes: 8,301USD per tonne: $43,1959%Sea
United States0.21Tonnes: 4,693USD per tonne: $45,6285.4%Sea
Taiwan0.19Tonnes: 4,489USD per tonne: $43,1964.9%Sea
Thailand0.09Tonnes: 1,941USD per tonne: $45,2832.2%Sea
Macao0.09Tonnes: 721USD per tonne: $121,4352.2%Air
South Korea0.08Tonnes: 1,850USD per tonne: $43,1862%Sea
France0.07Tonnes: 1,231USD per tonne: $58,8631.8%Air
Germany0.06Tonnes: 841USD per tonne: $65,6671.4%Air
Vietnam0.05Tonnes: 3,137USD per tonne: $15,2821.2%Sea
United Kingdom0.03Tonnes: 507USD per tonne: $60,6290.77%Air
Malaysia0.03Tonnes: 1,509USD per tonne: $19,1530.73%Sea
Belgium re-exports0.02Tonnes: 872USD per tonne: $27,4060.6%Sea
Canada0.02Tonnes: 729USD per tonne: $26,6380.49%Air
India0.02Tonnes: 45USD per tonne: $424,6070.48%Air
Czechia0.02Tonnes: 151USD per tonne: $110,3230.42%Air
Indonesia0.01Tonnes: 323USD per tonne: $44,0310.36%Sea
Norway0.01Tonnes: 107USD per tonne: $127,5480.34%Air
Australia0.01Tonnes: 659USD per tonne: $16,1300.27%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2016

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

  • China 2.1
  • Singapore 0.41
  • Hong Kong 0.36
  • United States 0.21
  • Taiwan 0.19

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.1
Singapore0.020.41
Hong Kong0.030.36
United States0.030.21
Taiwan0.090.19

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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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