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Who buys the United Kingdom’s cosmetics? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, the United Kingdom exported $2.4 billion of cosmetics (63 thousand tonnes), 3.5% of the world total. Its main destinations were China (28%), Ireland (12%) and the United States (10%). The United Kingdom was the world’s 8th-largest exporter of cosmetics.

Summary

Value
$2.4billion
Tonnes
63thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.5%
World rank
8th
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
China682Tonnes: 2,638USD per tonne: $258,53028.4%Air
Ireland297Tonnes: 9,486USD per tonne: $31,32812.4%Land
United States252Tonnes: 11,510USD per tonne: $21,89710.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports145Tonnes: 4,054USD per tonne: $35,8736.1%Sea
Poland109Tonnes: 2,348USD per tonne: $46,5794.6%Air
Germany95.1Tonnes: 3,629USD per tonne: $26,2034%Sea
United Arab Emirates65.3Tonnes: 2,796USD per tonne: $23,3622.7%Sea
Belgium re-exports62.9Tonnes: 4,606USD per tonne: $13,6512.6%Sea
France61.3Tonnes: 2,200USD per tonne: $27,8702.6%Sea
Czechia57.3Tonnes: 1,440USD per tonne: $39,8172.4%Sea
Australia43.9Tonnes: 1,280USD per tonne: $34,2861.8%Sea
Singapore re-exports41.9Tonnes: 758USD per tonne: $55,2801.7%Air
Switzerland37.4Tonnes: 976USD per tonne: $38,2951.6%Sea
Japan34.8Tonnes: 402USD per tonne: $86,6111.5%Air
Hong Kong re-exports31.8Tonnes: 678USD per tonne: $46,8781.3%Sea
Spain29.6Tonnes: 837USD per tonne: $35,3651.2%Sea
Canada24.5Tonnes: 644USD per tonne: $38,0321%Sea
Taiwan24.2Tonnes: 232USD per tonne: $104,1821%Air
South Korea23.1Tonnes: 443USD per tonne: $52,0820.96%Air
Norway20.6Tonnes: 478USD per tonne: $43,0690.86%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2021

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

  • China 0.68
  • Ireland 0.3
  • United States 0.25
  • Netherlands 0.15
  • Poland 0.11

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.010.68
Ireland0.050.3
United States0.040.25
Netherlands0.030.15
Poland< 0.010.11

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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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