Worldwide, exported synthetic beards, eyelashes and similar items were valued at $963 million for 2019. That dollar amount reflects a 34.2% increase compared to 2015 and a 6.8% year-over-year uptick from 2018 to 2019.
International sales of wigs, beards, eyelashes and similar items made from human hair were worth even more at $1.4 billion in 2019, albeit that amount is -40.9% less than the comparable metric for 2015 but represents 14% expansion from 2018 to 2019.
Regarding similar items made from animal hair encompassing wigs, beards and eyelashes, total exports equaled $1.9 billion during 2019. The latter amount benefits from an 86.1% increase since 2015 and a 6.7% year-over-year improvement.
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.
Top Exporters of Wigs, Beards and Eyelashes by Type
Synthetic Wigs
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of synthetic full wigs during 2019.
- China: US$147.9 million (34.5% of exported synthetic full wigs)
- Indonesia: $124.4 million (29%)
- Philippines: $45.5 million (10.6%)
- Germany: $35.1 million (8.2%)
- Bangladesh: $20.6 million (4.8%)
- United States: $14.4 million (3.3%)
- Hong Kong: $10.7 million (2.5%)
- Laos: $5.8 million (1.3%)
- United Kingdom: $5.2 million (1.2%)
- Myanmar (Burma): $5.2 million (1.2%)
- France: $2 million (0.5%)
- Cambodia: $1.7 million (0.4%)
- Netherlands: $1.5 million (0.4%)
- Vietnam: $1 million (0.2%)
- Thailand: $953,000 (0.2%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 98.4% of global synthetic full wigs exports in 2019 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of synthetic full wigs since 2015 were: Myanmar also called Burma (up 3,719%), Laos (up 1,447%), Bangladesh (up 636.7%) and the Netherlands (up 31.7%).
Those countries that posted declines in their export sales of synthetic full wigs were led by: Hong Kong (down -61.4%), Vietnam (down -55.1%), China (down -24.4%), France (down -21.4%) and the Philippines (down -17.1%).
Other
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of synthetic beards, eyelashes and similar items during 2019.
- China: US$491.6 million (51% of exported synthetic beards and eyelashes)
- Indonesia: $135 million (14%)
- Bangladesh: $60.4 million (6.3%)
- Senegal: $35.9 million (3.7%)
- Vietnam: $32.4 million (3.4%)
- South Korea: $30.3 million (3.1%)
- North Korea: $29.3 million (3%)
- United States: $24.2 million (2.5%)
- United Kingdom: $13.3 million (1.4%)
- Togo: $12.3 million (1.3%)
- Canada: $12.2 million (1.3%)
- Czech Republic: $10.8 million (1.1%)
- Nigeria: $9.2 million (1%)
- Germany: $7.2 million (0.7%)
- Netherlands: $5.5 million (0.6%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 94.5% of global synthetic beards and eyelashes exports in 2019 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of synthetic beards and eyelashes since 2015 were: Czech Republic (up 11,128%), North Korea (up 4,719%), Bangladesh (up 675.8%) and the Netherlands (up 361.5%).
Four top suppliers posted declines in their sales of exported synthetic beards and eyelashes: Togo (down -46%), Canada (down -31.2%), United Kingdom (down -17.5%) and Senegal (down -2.4%).
Human
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of items made from human hair including wigs, beards and eyelashes during 2019.
- China: US$1.1 billion (79.2% of exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair)
- Indonesia: $90.8 million (6.3%)
- United States: $43.6 million (3%)
- Germany: $31.4 million (2.2%)
- Hong Kong: $27.5 million (1.9%)
- Bangladesh: $21.3 million (1.5%)
- Vietnam: $14 million (1%)
- Italy: $10.6 million (0.7%)
- Israel: $9.1 million (0.6%)
- United Kingdom: $8.8 million (0.6%)
- Austria: $6.6 million (0.5%)
- Netherlands: $6 million (0.4%)
- South Korea: $3.6 million (0.2%)
- Canada: $2.7 million (0.2%)
- Sweden: $2.4 million (0.2%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 98.4% of global wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair exports in 2019 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair since 2015 were: Bangladesh (up 6,144%), Vietnam (up 6,048%), Israel (up 213.3%) and Germany (up 107.3%).
Five top suppliers posted declines in their export sales of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair: China (down -47.9%), Hong Kong (down -45.4%), Canada (down -25%), South Korea (down -22.9%) and Italy (down -12.2%).
Animal
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of items made from animal hair including wigs, beards and eyelashes during 2019.
- China: US$1.7 billion (93.8% of exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair)
- Mozambique: $29.6 million (1.6%)
- Indonesia: $17.7 million (1%)
- United States: $15.5 million (0.8%)
- Thailand: $11.1 million (0.6%)
- South Korea: $6.6 million (0.4%)
- South Africa: $4.6 million (0.2%)
- Vietnam: $4.3 million (0.2%)
- Taiwan: $3.7 million (0.2%)
- United Kingdom: $2.8 million (0.1%)
- Lebanon: $2.2 million (0.1%)
- Italy: $2 million (0.1%)
- Israel: $1.6 million (0.1%)
- Netherlands: $1.5 million (0.1%)
- Germany: $1.3 million (0.1%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 99.4% of global wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair exports in 2019 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair since 2015 were: Lebanon (up 18,500%), United Kingdom (up 180.1%), Taiwan (up 139.7%) and China (up 101.9%).
Five top suppliers posted declines in their export sales of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair: Indonesia (down -57.8%), Israel (down -13.8%), Thailand (down -12.5%), South Africa (down -7.6%) and the United States (down -2.4%).
Firms
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 and Beauty Cosmetics and Skincare Exports by Country
Research Sources:
Alibaba, Supplier showroom for hair wigs. Accessed on June 8, 2020
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on June 8, 2020
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on June 8, 2020
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 8, 2020
Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on June 8, 2020
Wikipedia, Eyelash extensions. Accessed on June 8, 2020
Wikipedia, Wig. Accessed on June 8, 2020