The value of beauty cosmetics and skincare products imports rose 6.3% for all importing countries since 2021 when international purchases of beauty cosmetics and skincare products cost a total $74.6 billion.
Year over year, worldwide spending for globally imported beauty cosmetics and skincare goods expanded by 5.1% from $75.5 billion worth of imports during 2024.
The 5 biggest buyers of imported beauty cosmetics and skincare in 2025 were mainland China, United States of America, Germany, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Collectively, those purchasing nations bought nearly four-fifths (39.4%) of global imports for these specialized personal care products.
From a continental perspective, Asian countries bought the highest dollar worth of imported beauty cosmetics and skincare products during 2025 with purchases amounting to $32.6 billion or 41.1% of the global total. In second place were importers in Europe at 39.2% while another 13.2% of beauty cosmetics and skincare products imported worldwide was delivered to buyers located in North America.
Smaller percentages went to customers in Latin America (3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Oceania (1.9%) led by Australia and New Zealand, then Africa (1.6%).
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix is 3304 for beauty or make-up preparations and skincare products including sunscreen.
Beauty Cosmetics and Skincare Imports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that imported the highest dollar value worth of beauty cosmetics and skincare products during 2025.
- mainland China: US$12.7 billion (16% of total beauty/skincare imports)
- United States: $7.5 billion (9.4%)
- Germany: $4 billion (5%)
- Hong Kong: $3.9 billion (4.9%)
- United Kingdom: $3.2 billion (4%)
- France: $3.15 billion (4%)
- Singapore: $2.6 billion (3.2%)
- Poland: $2.3 billion (2.9%)
- Spain: $26 billion (2.6%)
- Netherlands: $26 billion (2.6%)
- Canada: $1.89 billion (2.4%)
- Italy: $1.87 billion (2.4%)
- Japan: $1.85 billion (2.3%)
- United Arab Emirates: $1.5 billion (1.9%)
- Belgium: $1.4 billion (1.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries purchased almost two-thirds (65.4%) of all beauty and skincare imported in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing markets for beauty/skincare since 2024 were: Poland (up 40.6%), Spain (up 26%), Germany (up 23.8%) and Italy (up 21.1%).
Those countries that posted declines in their imported beauty/skincare purchases were led by: United Arab Emirates (down -9.4%), Canada (down -5.3%), Singapore (down -4.6%) and the United States of America (down -4.1%).
Searchable List of Importers for Beauty Cosmetics/Skincare Goods
The strongest 100 importers of beauty cosmetics and skincare products showcased in the database below accounted for 98.9% of related imports in 2025.
| Rank | Importer | Beauty/Skincare Imports | 2024-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mainland China | $12,714,416,000 | -2.4% |
| 2 | United States | $7,471,943,000 | -4.1% |
| 3 | Germany | $3,983,488,000 | +23.8% |
| 4 | Hong Kong | $3,888,449,000 | -3.6% |
| 5 | United Kingdom | $3,197,546,000 | +4% |
| 6 | France | $3,149,487,000 | +14.9% |
| 7 | Singapore | $2,564,880,000 | -4.6% |
| 8 | Poland | $2,315,559,000 | +40.6% |
| 9 | Spain | $2,064,632,000 | +26% |
| 10 | Netherlands | $2,057,232,000 | +19.5% |
| 11 | Canada | $1,893,697,000 | -5.3% |
| 12 | Italy | $1,868,657,000 | +21.1% |
| 13 | Japan | $1,845,123,000 | +2% |
| 14 | United Arab Emirates | $1,509,212,000 | -9.4% |
| 15 | Belgium | $1,378,893,000 | -0.1% |
| 16 | Australia | $1,196,568,000 | +4.3% |
| 17 | Russia | $1,183,680,000 | +7.2% |
| 18 | Czech Republic | $1,123,061,000 | +12.5% |
| 19 | Mexico | $1,102,783,000 | +7.5% |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | $1,071,544,000 | +1.3% |
| 21 | Taiwan | $1,025,094,000 | +7.8% |
| 22 | South Korea | $973,578,000 | +5.7% |
| 23 | Vietnam | $850,029,000 | +112.8% |
| 24 | Thailand | $825,159,000 | -0.7% |
| 25 | Switzerland | $791,665,000 | +10.9% |
| 26 | Austria | $773,512,000 | +4% |
| 27 | Sweden | $757,357,000 | +8.4% |
| 28 | Türkiye | $709,895,000 | +15.6% |
| 29 | Macao | $659,789,000 | -43.1% |
| 30 | Malaysia | $625,760,000 | +0.04% |
| 31 | Denmark | $613,740,000 | +9.2% |
| 32 | Ireland | $604,273,000 | +6.1% |
| 33 | Indonesia | $591,107,000 | +21.3% |
| 34 | Portugal | $530,623,000 | +31.9% |
| 35 | Norway | $519,517,000 | +6% |
| 36 | India | $472,361,000 | +10.7% |
| 37 | Romania | $436,003,000 | +15.3% |
| 38 | Croatia | $388,014,000 | +39.2% |
| 39 | Chile | $383,752,000 | +15.9% |
| 40 | Ukraine | $379,883,000 | +27.7% |
| 41 | Greece | $349,351,000 | +3.1% |
| 42 | Slovakia | $332,295,000 | +11.1% |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | $330,438,000 | +17.5% |
| 44 | Colombia | $309,457,000 | +15.2% |
| 45 | Hungary | $307,380,000 | +0.6% |
| 46 | Finland | $276,176,000 | +20.2% |
| 47 | Brazil | $273,255,000 | +6.5% |
| 48 | South Africa | $270,126,000 | +7.4% |
| 49 | New Zealand | $263,506,000 | -2.1% |
| 50 | Philippines | $259,697,000 | +10.4% |
| 51 | Israel | $249,345,000 | +12.8% |
| 52 | Peru | $240,804,000 | +22.9% |
| 53 | Bulgaria | $217,048,000 | +18.4% |
| 54 | Lithuania | $202,088,000 | +10.2% |
| 55 | Iraq | $194,220,000 | -33.8% |
| 56 | Morocco | $185,390,000 | +20% |
| 57 | Estonia | $185,124,000 | +67.2% |
| 58 | Panama | $177,585,000 | +4.4% |
| 59 | Ecuador | $173,737,000 | +7% |
| 60 | Argentina | $160,699,000 | +35.9% |
| 61 | Luxembourg | $143,697,000 | +16.8% |
| 62 | Serbia | $139,912,000 | +7.3% |
| 63 | Myanmar | $137,956,000 | +3525% |
| 64 | Slovenia | $129,170,000 | +7.5% |
| 65 | Kuwait | $128,519,000 | -59.1% |
| 66 | Guatemala | $124,362,000 | +13.1% |
| 67 | Cyprus | $118,561,000 | +15.3% |
| 68 | Nigeria | $113,259,000 | +377.2% |
| 69 | Latvia | $108,950,000 | +9.5% |
| 70 | Georgia | $93,638,000 | +21.4% |
| 71 | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $87,706,000 | +10% |
| 72 | Ghana | $83,899,000 | +519.9% |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | $81,670,000 | +0.4% |
| 74 | Costa Rica | $81,124,000 | +3.1% |
| 75 | Qatar | $80,394,000 | -59.7% |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | $77,771,000 | +89.7% |
| 77 | El Salvador | $71,794,000 | +12.4% |
| 78 | Belarus | $71,753,000 | +11.2% |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | $69,087,000 | +13.2% |
| 80 | Lebanon | $61,770,000 | +13.4% |
| 81 | Paraguay | $60,991,000 | +26.5% |
| 82 | Albania | $51,780,000 | +12.4% |
| 83 | Jordan | $51,703,000 | -35.6% |
| 84 | Egypt | $49,892,000 | +2% |
| 85 | Laos | $49,159,000 | -1.5% |
| 86 | Nepal | $48,464,000 | +15.9% |
| 87 | Moldova | $48,049,000 | +4% |
| 88 | Tunisia | $47,021,000 | +15.5% |
| 89 | Andorra | $45,307,000 | +22.5% |
| 90 | Libya | $45,080,000 | -23.2% |
| 91 | Bangladesh | $43,337,000 | +5.3% |
| 92 | Malta | $42,210,000 | +11.4% |
| 93 | Namibia | $42,037,000 | -4.9% |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | $41,848,000 | +5.4% |
| 95 | Iceland | $41,601,000 | +11.7% |
| 96 | Venezuela | $40,688,000 | +18.1% |
| 97 | Mongolia | $40,570,000 | +19.8% |
| 98 | Honduras | $37,583,000 | +8.1% |
| 99 | Bolivia | $37,149,000 | -6.5% |
| 100 | North Macedonia | $37,067,000 | +14.9% |
Expanding our focus to the top 100 buyers of imported beauty cosmetics and skincare products, the strongest growers were Myanmar sometimes called Burma (up 3,525% from 2024), Ghana (up 519.9%), Nigeria (up 377.2%), Vietnam (up 112.8%), Uzbekistan (up 89.7%) and Estonia (up 67.2%).
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns above. The right-most column highlights the percentage change in the value of imported goods related to beauty and skincare from 2024 to 2025.
A value of 0% in that column means no 2024 data was available.
Beauty Cosmetics/Skincare Products Imported into China
China’s global purchases of imported beauty cosmetics and skincare products totaled US$12.7 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which China imported the highest dollar value worth of beauty cosmetics and skincare products during 2024. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- France: US$3.8 billion (up 4.1% from 2024)
- Japan: $2.6 billion (up 1.6%)
- South Korea: $1.9 billion (down -2.2%)
- United Kingdom: $1.2 billion (down -4.5%)
- United States: $1.1 billion (down -27.5%)
- Italy: $468.7 million (up 1.8%)
- Canada: $255.3 million (up 15.2%)
- Belgium: $246.3 million (down -13.5%)
- Germany: $216.2 million (up 5.7%)
- Switzerland: $181 million (down -4.6%)
- Thailand: $155 million (up 19%)
- Spain: $113.2 million (up 8.1%)
- Australia: $105.8 million (up 2.1%)
- Singapore: $71.6 million (up 25.8%)
- Taiwan: $66.7 million (up 9.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 97.4% of beauty and skincare goods imported by mainland China in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of beauty/skincare goods to China since 2024 were: Singapore (up 25.8%), Thailand (up 19%), Canada (up 15.2%) and Taiwan (up 9.2%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their beauty/skincare products supplied to Chinese importers included: United States of Americ (down -27.5%), Belgium (down -13.5%), Switzerland (down -4.6%) and United Kingdom (down -4.5%).
Overall, the value of China’s imported beauty/skincare goods fell by an average -2.4% from all supplying countries since 2024 when beauty/skincare goods purchased cost $13 billion.
Beauty Cosmetics/Skincare Products Imported into the United States
America’s global purchases of imported beauty cosmetics and skincare products totaled US$7.5 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which the US imported the highest dollar value worth of beauty cosmetics and skincare products during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- South Korea: US$1.9 billion (up 5.6% from 2024)
- Canada: $1.1 billion (up 5.1%)
- France: $1 billion (down -20.4%)
- Italy: $898.2 million (down -0.4%)
- mainland China: $604.8 million (down -14.6%)
- Mexico: $286.1 million (up 3.3%)
- United Kingdom: $252.6 million (down -1.8%)
- Germany: $203.9 million (down -7.1%)
- Japan: $187.9 million (down -16.9%)
- Taiwan: $122.7 million (down -11.3%)
- Sweden: $119 million (down -18.7%)
- Switzerland: $81.5 million (down -24.4%)
- Spain: $70.7 million (down -1.2%)
- Belgium: $66.7 million (down -0.1%)
- Vietnam: $64.7 million (up 246.1%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 92.7% of beauty and skincare goods imported by the United States of America in 2025.
Among the above countries, the growth suppliers of beauty/skincare goods to United States of America since 2024 were: Vietnam (up 246.1%), South Korea (up 5.6%), Canada (up 5.1%) and Mexico (up 3.3%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their beauty/skincare products supplied to American importers included: Switzerland (down -24.4%), France (down -20.4%), Sweden (down -18.7%) and Japan (down -16.9%).
Overall, the value of America’s imported beauty/skincare goods slowed by an average -4.1% from all supplying countries since 2024 when beauty/skincare goods purchased cost $7.8 billion.
Beauty Cosmetics/Skincare Products Imported into Germany
Germany’s global purchases of imported beauty cosmetics and skincare products totaled US$3.98 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Germany imported the highest dollar value worth of beauty cosmetics and skincare products during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- France: US$745.8 million (up 16.5% from 2024)
- Italy: $469.5 million (up 4.8%)
- Poland: $462.8 million (up 9.7%)
- Netherlands: $365.1 million (up 155.9%)
- mainland China: $291.8 million (up 32%)
- United States: $269.3 million (up 12.4%)
- Switzerland: $266.8 million (up 1.2%)
- South Korea: $175.7 million (up 55.5%)
- Austria: $146.5 million (up 44.7%)
- Spain: $143.7 million (up 26.9%)
- Czech Republic: $111.6 million (up 109.4%)
- Luxembourg: $85.2 million (up 23.7%)
- Japan: $72.1 million (up 23.5%)
- United Kingdom: $68.7 million (down -28.2%)
- Canada: $48.9 million (down -3.6%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 93.5% of beauty and skincare goods imported by Germany in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of beauty/skincare goods to Germany since 2024 were: Netherlands (up 155.9%), Czech Republic (up 109.4%), South Korea (up 55.5%) and Austria (up 44.7%).
Two leading countries that experienced declines in the value of their beauty/skincare products supplied to German importers were the United Kingdom (down -28.2%) and Canada (down -3.6%).
Overall, the value of Germany’s imported beauty/skincare goods grew by an average 23.8% from all supplying countries since 2024 when beauty/skincare goods purchased cost $3.2 billion.
Beauty Cosmetics/Skincare Products Imported into Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s global purchases of imported beauty cosmetics and skincare products totaled US$3.9 billion in 2025. Below are the top 15 suppliers from which Hong Kong imported the highest dollar value worth of beauty cosmetics and skincare products during 2025. Within parenthesis is the percentage change in value for each supplying country from 2024 to 2025.
- South Korea: US$840.4 million (down -12.1% from 2024)
- Singapore: $816 million (up 13.5%)
- mainland China: $481.7 million (down -10.6%)
- Japan: $397.5 million (up 10.6%)
- Switzerland: $372.3 million (down -6.5%)
- France: $241.3 million (down -12.4%)
- United States: $141.7 million (down -18.3%)
- Italy: $99.3 million (down -13.6%)
- Thailand: $57.8 million (up 58.4%)
- Germany: $54.4 million (up 6.3%)
- Taiwan: $49.9 million (up 15.9%)
- Spain: $43.2 million (down -7.3%)
- Belgium: $36.3 million (up 26.4%)
- Macao: $33.6 million (down -34.1%)
- Netherlands: $24.8 million (down -14.2%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 94.9% of beauty and skincare goods imported by Hong Kong in 2025.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing suppliers of beauty/skincare goods to Hong Kong since 2024 were: Thailand (up 58.4%), Belgium (up 26.4%), Taiwan (up 15.9%) and Singapore (up 13.5%).
Countries that experienced declines in the value of their beauty/skincare products supplied to Hong Kong importers included: Macao (down -34.1%), United States of America (down -18.3%), Netherlands (down -14.2%) and Italy (down -13.6%).
Overall, the value of Hong Kong’s imported beauty/skincare goods retreated by an average -3.6% from all supplying countries since 2024 when beauty/skincare goods purchased cost $4 billion.
See also Beauty Cosmetics and Skincare Exports by Country, Perfumes Exporters by Country, Top Human Hair Exporters by Country, China’s Top Trading Partners and Hong Kong’s Top Trading Partners
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International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on June 11, 2026
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on June 11, 2026
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