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Animal hair: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in animal hair totaled $583 million (23 thousand tonnes). The top exporters were China (48%), Mongolia (37%) and Peru (3%); the top importers were Italy (49%), China (29%) and the United Kingdom (8%). Compared with 2019, the value was stable.

Summary

World trade
$583million
Tonnes
23thousand tonnes
Price per tonne
$25,552
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. China$280 million · 48%
  2. Mongolia$213 million · 36.7%
  3. Peru$15 million · 2.5%
  4. Belgium$10 million · 1.6%
    re-exports
  5. Italy$9 million · 1.5%
  6. Lesotho$8 million · 1.4%
  7. Portugal$5 million · 0.88%
  8. Germany$4 million · 0.72%
  9. South Africa$4 million · 0.66%
  10. United States$3 million · 0.5%
  11. Kyrgyzstan$3 million · 0.47%
  12. Bolivia$3 million · 0.46%
  13. United Kingdom$3 million · 0.46%
  14. Spain$3 million · 0.44%
  15. Czechia$2 million · 0.41%
  16. France$2 million · 0.38%
  17. Afghanistan$2 million · 0.35%
  18. Argentina$2 million · 0.32%
  19. Ukraine$2 million · 0.29%
  20. Turkmenistan$1 million · 0.25%

Top importers

  1. Italy$283 million · 48.5%
  2. China$168 million · 28.9%
  3. United Kingdom$48 million · 8.2%
  4. United States$13 million · 2.2%
  5. South Africa$12 million · 2%
  6. France$9 million · 1.5%
  7. Germany$7 million · 1.3%
  8. Bolivia$6 million · 1.1%
  9. India$5 million · 0.92%
  10. Australia$4 million · 0.73%
  11. South Korea$4 million · 0.6%
  12. Turkey$3 million · 0.58%
  13. Tunisia$3 million · 0.56%
  14. Japan$2 million · 0.36%
  15. Poland$2 million · 0.3%
  16. Egypt$1 million · 0.23%
  17. Romania$1 million · 0.22%
  18. Belgium$1 million · 0.21%
    re-exports
  19. Lithuania$879 thousand · 0.15%
  20. Portugal$854 thousand · 0.15%

Trend

Who sells it

China has been the top exporter since 2021

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

  • China 280
  • Mongolia 213
  • Peru 14.6
  • Belgium 9.5
  • Italy 8.6

Source: CEPII BACI

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Country19952024
China313280
Mongolia31.3213
Peru1.914.6
Belgium48.69.5
Italy8.88.6

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne rose 81% since 1995

Current US dollars per tonne: value over the weight reported by BACI.

  • 2024: $25,552

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$14,134
1996$16,211
1997$14,491
1998$12,729
1999$13,638
2000$16,098
2001$14,585
2002$11,710
2003$11,355
2004$14,843
2005$16,573
2006$19,016
2007$19,180
2008$15,740
2009$12,714
2010$15,455
2011$21,869
2012$21,458
2013$25,196
2014$21,275
2015$24,628
2016$26,041
2017$21,508
2018$19,098
2019$24,947
2020$20,901
2021$21,765
2022$30,327
2023$28,814
2024$25,552

What it includes

  • 5102 · Animal hair

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Sources and methodology

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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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