In comparison, worldwide exported synthetic beards, eyelashes and similar items were valued at $1.42 billion for 2023. That dollar amount reflects a 57.2% improvement versus $894.2 million in 2019 and shrinking by -11.6% year over year compared to 2022.
International sales of exported wigs, beards, eyelashes and similar items made from human hair remain a lucrative exported product category, ringing up $3.7 billion in international sales for 2023. Increases under the human hair category were a 154.6% gain from $1.44 billion in 2019 and a 12.3% upturn from 2022 to 2023.
Exported items made from animal hair encompassing wigs, beards and eyelashes recorded the weakest results compared to the above categories, attracting $1.37 billion worth of international sales during 2023. This product category flatlined via a 0.8% rise over the most recent five-year period, and dropped by -29.1% year over year.
Below, you will find the 6-digit Harmonized Tariff System codes the product categories shown.
- 670411 for synthetic full wigs
- 670419 for synthetic beards, eyelashes and similar items
- 670420 for items made from human hair including wigs, beards and eyelashes
- 670490 for items made from animal hair including wigs, beards and eyelashes.
Main Exporters of Synthetic Full Wigs
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of synthetic full wigs during 2023.
- mainland China: US$261.6 million (46.8% of exported synthetic full wigs)
- Indonesia: $147.2 million (26.4%)
- Germany: $37 million (6.6%)
- Bangladesh: $27.1 million (4.8%)
- United States: $17.3 million (3.1%)
- Philippines: $11.3 million (2%)
- United Arab Emirates: $8.3 million (1.5%)
- Laos: $6.8 million (1.2%)
- Hong Kong: $5.5 million (1%)
- Cambodia: $4.8 million (0.9%)
- United Kingdom: $4.7 million (0.8%)
- Netherlands: $4.5 million (0.8%)
- Myanmar: $4.5 million (0.8%)
- France: $3.7 million (0.7%)
- India: $2.7 million (0.5%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 97.9% of globally exported synthetic full wigs in 2023 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of synthetic full wigs since 2019 were: India (up 5,396%), United Arab Emirates (up 1,199%), Netherlands (up 1,038%) and Laos (up 934.3%).
Those countries that posted declines in their export sales of synthetic full wigs were: Myanmar (down -76.3% from 2022), Philippines (down -75.2%), Hong Kong (down -48.9%), United Kingdom (down -9.9%) and Indonesia (down -9.4%).
Main Exporters of Synthetic Beards and Eyelashes
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of synthetic beards, eyelashes and similar items during 2023.
- mainland China: US$869.2 million (61.8% of exported synthetic beards and eyelashes)
- Bangladesh: $103.6 million (7.4%)
- Indonesia: $91 million (6.5%)
- Senegal: $67.8 million (4.8%)
- Togo: $45.2 million (3.2%)
- Vietnam: $41.2 million (2.9%)
- Germany: $19.2 million (1.4%)
- United States: $18.9 million (1.3%)
- United Kingdom: $17.7 million (1.3%)
- South Korea: $14.5 million (1%)
- Philippines: $14.3 million (1%)
- Canada: $12.4 million (0.9%)
- Spain: $9.5 million (0.7%)
- Czech Republic: $7 million (0.5%)
- Tanzania: $6.3 million (0.5%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 94.6% of globally exported synthetic beards and eyelashes in 2023 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of synthetic beards and eyelashes since 2019 were: Philippines (up 11,656%), Spain (up 408.9%), Belgium (up 259.4%) and Germany (up 135.9%).
Those countries that posted declines in their sales of exported synthetic beards and eyelashes were: Czech Republic (down -35.1% from 2022) and the United States of America (down -22%).
Main Exporters of Human Hair Wigs, Beards and Eyelashes
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of items made from human hair including wigs, beards and eyelashes during 2023.
- mainland China: US$3.2 billion (87.7% of exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair)
- North Korea: $162.7 million (4.4%)
- Indonesia: $56.5 million (1.5%)
- Germany: $33.8 million (0.9%)
- United States: $29.7 million (0.8%)
- Bangladesh: $25.8 million (0.7%)
- Vietnam: $20.6 million (0.6%)
- Hong Kong: $16.5 million (0.4%)
- Austria: $11.3 million (0.3%)
- Sweden: $11.1 million (0.3%)
- United Kingdom: $9.4 million (0.3%)
- Italy: $9.3 million (0.3%)
- Myanmar: $7.4 million (0.2%)
- Poland: $4.9 million (0.1%)
- Malaysia: $4.8 million (0.1%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 98.7% of globally exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair in 2023 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair since 2019 were: Malaysia (up 121,075%), North Korea (up 11,588%), Vietnam (up 2,961%) and Poland (up 1,616%).
Those countries that posted declines in their export sales of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair were led by: Indonesia (down -40.3% from 2022), Hong Kong (down -40.2%), United States of America (down -32.1%), Italy (down -12.4%) and Germany (down 6.8%).
Main Exporters of Animal Hair Wigs, Beards and Eyelashes
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of items made from animal hair including wigs, beards and eyelashes during 2023.
- mainland China: US$1.2 billion (87.3% of exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair)
- Mozambique: $44.6 million (3.3%)
- Indonesia: $32.5 million (2.4%)
- Kenya: $15.8 million (1.2%)
- United States: $14.2 million (1%)
- Thailand: $10.1 million (0.7%)
- South Africa: $8.2 million (0.6%)
- Israel: $7.6 million (0.6%)
- Vietnam: $5.7 million (0.4%)
- United Kingdom: $5 million (0.4%)
- Uganda: $3 million (0.2%)
- Germany: $2.3 million (0.2%)
- Poland: $2 million (0.1%)
- Madagascar: $1.93 million (0.1%)
- South Korea: $1.92 million (0.1%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 98.6% of globally exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair in 2023 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair since 2019 were: Israel (up 365%), Poland (up 233.4%), Kenya (up 139.3%) and the United Kingdom (up 81.1%).
Those countries that posted declines in their export sales of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair were led by: South Korea (down -71.1% from 2022), Indonesia (down -57.3%), Uganda (down -55.1%), mainland China (down -31.3%) and Vietnam (down -26.7%).
Wigs Exporting Companies
According to global trading platform Alibaba, the following suppliers are examples of exporters engaged in the trade of wigs and hair extensions.
- Hair Edition (South Korea)
- Hair Piece Factory (Bangladesh)
- Montez Enterprise, LLC (United States)
- Pearlcoin Limited (Hong Kong)
- Sensualy.it (Italy)
- Suna Hair (India)
- Tran Nang Chinh Household (Vietnam)
- Xuchang Yunlong Hair Products (China)
The home-country location for each business is shown within parentheses.
See also Top Human Hair Exporters by Country, Perfumes Exporters by Country, Beauty Cosmetics and Skincare Exports by Country and Top Soap Exporters by Country
Research Sources:
Alibaba, Supplier showroom for hair wigs. Accessed on September 11, 2024
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on September 11, 2024
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on September 11, 2024
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on September 11, 2024
Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on September 11, 2024
Wikipedia, Eyelash extensions. Accessed on September 11, 2024
Wikipedia, Wig. Accessed on September 11, 2024