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Cosmetics: top exporters and importers (2024)

In 2024, world trade in cosmetics totaled $69.7 billion (3.2 million tonnes). The top exporters were France (19%), South Korea (13%) and the United States (10%); the top importers were China (14%), the United States (11%) and Hong Kong (5%). Compared with 2019, the value rose 22%.

Summary

World trade
$69.7billion
Tonnes
3.2million tonnes
Price per tonne
$21,939
The largest flows between countries. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Top exporters

  1. France$13.2 billion · 18.9%
    see destinations
  2. South Korea$9 billion · 12.9%
    see destinations
  3. United States$6.8 billion · 9.7%
    see destinations
  4. China$4.8 billion · 6.9%
    see destinations
  5. Germany$4.3 billion · 6.2%
    see destinations
  6. Italy$4.2 billion · 6%
    see destinations
  7. Japan$4 billion · 5.7%
    see destinations
  8. United Kingdom$2.4 billion · 3.5%
    see destinations
  9. Poland$2.3 billion · 3.3%
    see destinations
  10. Spain$1.9 billion · 2.8%
    see destinations
  11. Canada$1.8 billion · 2.6%
    see destinations
  12. Switzerland$1.6 billion · 2.3%
    see destinations
  13. Belgium$1.4 billion · 2.1%
    re-exports · see destinations
  14. Singapore$1.3 billion · 1.9%
    re-exports
  15. Netherlands$1.3 billion · 1.9%
    re-exports
  16. Thailand$801 million · 1.2%
  17. Czechia$594 million · 0.85%
  18. India$562 million · 0.81%
  19. Mexico$514 million · 0.74%
  20. Taiwan$481 million · 0.69%

World supply

France went from 32.1% to 18.9% of world exports of cosmetics

In 2024, France accounted for 18.9% of recorded world exports and the three largest exporters together for 41.5%. HHI: 833 out of 10,000; equivalent to 12 exporters of the same size.

Share of recorded exports, not of production: a country that produces a lot and consumes almost all of it may export little

Trend in supply

Share of world exports of the largest exporter and of the three largest

Share (%)

  • Largest exporter each year 18.9%
  • Three largest 41.5%

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
Year19952024
Largest exporter each year32.1%18.9%
Three largest55.4%41.5%

Countries where France sells more than half of what they buy

Countries that buy more than half of this product from its largest exporter, with its share.

Top importers

  1. China$10.1 billion · 14.4%
    see sources
  2. United States$7.4 billion · 10.6%
    see sources
  3. Hong Kong$3.8 billion · 5.4%
    re-exports · see sources
  4. Germany$3.2 billion · 4.6%
    see sources
  5. United Kingdom$3 billion · 4.3%
    see sources
  6. Singapore$2.6 billion · 3.7%
    re-exports · see sources
  7. France$2.5 billion · 3.6%
    see sources
  8. Canada$1.9 billion · 2.7%
    see sources
  9. Netherlands$1.8 billion · 2.6%
    re-exports · see sources
  10. Japan$1.8 billion · 2.6%
    see sources
  11. Spain$1.6 billion · 2.3%
    see sources
  12. Poland$1.6 billion · 2.3%
    see sources
  13. Italy$1.5 billion · 2.2%
    see sources
  14. United Arab Emirates$1.4 billion · 2%
  15. Belgium$1.2 billion · 1.7%
    re-exports
  16. Russia$1.1 billion · 1.6%
  17. Australia$1.1 billion · 1.6%
  18. Czechia$941 million · 1.4%
  19. Mexico$940 million · 1.4%
  20. South Korea$925 million · 1.3%

Trend

Who sells it

France was the top exporter throughout the period

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

  • France 13.2
  • South Korea 9
  • United States 6.8
  • China 4.8
  • Germany 4.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
Country19952024
France2.213.2
South Korea0.039
United States0.896.8
China0.064.8
Germany0.684.3

Price

Implied price

The price per tonne rose 41% since 1995

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

  • 2024: $21,939

Source: CEPII BACI

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YearUSD per tonne
1995$15,555
1996$13,348
1997$10,514
1998$11,984
1999$10,793
2000$9,328
2001$9,863
2002$11,092
2003$12,093
2004$11,497
2005$13,195
2006$12,589
2007$13,176
2008$15,404
2009$14,794
2010$14,739
2011$15,820
2012$15,581
2013$15,715
2014$15,934
2015$16,027
2016$17,143
2017$17,978
2018$19,665
2019$19,685
2020$20,062
2021$21,792
2022$21,452
2023$22,278
2024$21,939

What it includes

Make-up and skin care products.

  • 3304 · Makeup and skin care

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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