In comparison, worldwide exported synthetic beards, eyelashes and similar items were valued at $1.27 billion for 2024. That dollar amount reflects a 38.3% improvement versus $918.8 million in 2020 and shrinking by -10.1% year over year compared to 2023.
International sales of exported wigs, beards, eyelashes and similar items made from human hair remain a lucrative exported product category, ringing up $3.98 billion in international sales for 2024. Increases under the human hair category were a 158% acceleration from $1.54 billion in 2020 and a 9.1% upturn from 2023 to 2024.
Exported items made from animal hair encompassing wigs, beards and eyelashes recorded the weakest results compared to the above categories, attracting $746.6 million worth of international sales during 2024. This product category plummeted by -58.2% over the most recent five-year period and shrank by -46.3% 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 2024.
- mainland China: US$217.1 million (44.8% of exported synthetic full wigs)
- Indonesia: $130.4 million (26.9%)
- Germany: $37 million (7.6%)
- Bangladesh: $28.5 million (5.9%)
- United States: $16.6 million (3.4%)
- Philippines: $11.8 million (2.4%)
- Hong Kong: $6.6 million (1.4%)
- Netherlands: $5.4 million (1.1%)
- Laos: $4.7 million (1%)
- Myanmar: $4.3 million (0.9%)
- Cambodia: $4 million (0.8%)
- United Kingdom: $3.9 million (0.8%)
- France: $3.4 million (0.7%)
- Vietnam: $1.6 million (0.3%)
- Türkiye: $1.2 million (0.3%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 98.3% of globally exported synthetic full wigs in 2024.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of synthetic full wigs since 2020 were: Türkiye (up 6,633%), Vietnam (up 3,236%), Laos (up 895.3%) and the Netherlands (up 96.7%).
Those countries that posted declines in their export sales of synthetic full wigs were: Myanmar (down -65.2% from 2020), Cambodia (down -44%), Hong Kong (down -13.4%) and Indonesia (down -1.7%).
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 2024.
- mainland China: US$729.5 million (57.4% of exported synthetic beards and eyelashes)
- Bangladesh: $101.9 million (8%)
- Senegal: $69.5 million (5.5%)
- Indonesia: $62.7 million (4.9%)
- Vietnam: $62.7 million (4.9%)
- Togo: $41.5 million (3.3%)
- United States: $22.7 million (1.8%)
- Czech Republic: $21.1 million (1.7%)
- United Kingdom: $17.6 million (1.4%)
- Germany: $15.9 million (1.3%)
- South Korea: $12.6 million (1%)
- Philippines: $12.5 million (1%)
- Spain: $9.6 million (0.8%)
- Kenya: $9.4 million (0.7%)
- North Korea: $7.4 million (0.6%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 94.2% of globally exported synthetic beards and eyelashes in 2024 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of synthetic beards and eyelashes since 2020 were: Spain (up 746%), Kenya (up 398.1%), North Korea (up 252.1%) and Vietnam (up 140.5%).
Those countries that posted declines in their sales of exported synthetic beards and eyelashes were: South Korea (down -38.1% from 2020), Philippines (down -18.4%) and Indonesia (down -0.7%).
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 2024.
- mainland China: US$3.6 billion (89.3% of exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair)
- North Korea: $180.2 million (4.5%)
- Indonesia: $35.4 million (0.9%)
- Germany: $33.3 million (0.8%)
- Bangladesh: $24.8 million (0.6%)
- United States: $23.3 million (0.6%)
- Hong Kong: $14.5 million (0.4%)
- Sweden: $12.4 million (0.3%)
- Austria: $10.8 million (0.3%)
- United Kingdom: $9.8 million (0.2%)
- Italy: $8.4 million (0.2%)
- Myanmar: $6.6 million (0.2%)
- Belgium: $6 million (0.2%)
- Poland: $5.7 million (0.1%)
- Slovakia: $5 million (0.1%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 98.8% of globally exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair in 2024 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair since 2020 were: North Korea (up 139,610%), Myanmar (up 9,730%), Poland (up 1,676%) and Belgium (up 381.8%).
Those countries that posted declines in their export sales of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair were: Indonesia (down -68.7% from 2020), United States of America (down -18.2%) and Italy (down -11%).
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 2024.
- mainland China: US$559.4 million (74.9% of exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair)
- Mozambique: $41.3 million (5.5%)
- Indonesia: $23.8 million (3.2%)
- Vietnam: $18.7 million (2.5%)
- United States: $13.8 million (1.9%)
- Kenya: $10.4 million (1.4%)
- Poland: $9.3 million (1.2%)
- Thailand: $9.2 million (1.2%)
- Israel: $7 million (0.9%)
- United Kingdom: $6.01 million (0.8%)
- Belgium: $6 million (0.8%)
- South Africa: $5.8 million (0.8%)
- Czech Republic: $4.8 million (0.6%)
- Germany: $3 million (0.4%)
- Canada: $2.6 million (0.4%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 96.6% of globally exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair in 2024 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair since 2020 were: Czech Republic (up 12,600%), Canada (up 6,493%), Poland (up 1,596%) and Belgium (up 1,237%).
A pair of countries posted declines in their export sales of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair namely Indonesia (down -69.8% from 2020) and mainland China (down -64.8%).
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 October 26, 2025
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on October 26, 2025
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on October 26, 2025
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on October 26, 2025
Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on October 26, 2025
Wikipedia, Eyelash extensions. Accessed on October 26, 2025
Wikipedia, Wig. Accessed on October 26, 2025