In comparison, worldwide exported synthetic beards, eyelashes and similar items were valued at $1.46 billion for 2021. That dollar amount reflects a 76.2% improvement versus 2017 and spiking by 58.6% year over year compared to 2020.
International sales of wigs, beards, eyelashes and similar items made from human hair remain a lucrative exported product category, ringing up $3.1 billion in international sales for 2021. Increases under this category were intense, up 149.6% from 2017 and more than doubling (101.6%) from 2020 to 2021.
Exported items made from animal hair encompassing wigs, beards and eyelashes attracted $1.77 billion worth of international sales during 2021. This product category flatlined via a -0.9% decrease year over year, but increased by 40.2% over the most recent five-year period.
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 2021.
- China: US$224.8 million (40.8% of exported synthetic full wigs)
- Indonesia: $186.8 million (33.9%)
- Germany: $34.2 million (6.2%)
- Bangladesh: $30.8 million (5.6%)
- United States: $15.5 million (2.8%)
- Myanmar: $12.5 million (2.3%)
- Cambodia: $10.4 million (1.9%)
- Philippines: $8.5 million (1.6%)
- Hong Kong: $6.6 million (1.2%)
- Netherlands: $3.4 million (0.6%)
- France: $3.1 million (0.6%)
- United Kingdom: $2.9 million (0.5%)
- Thailand: $2.1 million (0.4%)
- South Korea: $1.9 million (0.3%)
- Vietnam: $1.4 million (0.3%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 99% of globally exported synthetic full wigs in 2021 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of synthetic full wigs since 2017 were: Netherlands (up 427%), Cambodia (up 406.2%), Myanmar also called Burma (up 276.1%) and Thailand (up 103.3%).
Four major suppliers posted declines in their export sales of synthetic full wigs were namely Philippines (down -64.6%), United Kingdom (down -64.6%), Hong Kong (down -60%) and Vietnam (down -41.2%).
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 2021.
- China: US$932.7 million (64% of exported synthetic beards and eyelashes)
- Bangladesh: $112 million (7.7%)
- Indonesia: $78.9 million (5.4%)
- Senegal: $64.4 million (4.4%)
- Togo: $55.6 million (3.8%)
- Vietnam: $35.4 million (2.4%)
- United States: $21.4 million (1.5%)
- South Korea: $20.5 million (1.4%)
- Germany: $16.7 million (1.1%)
- United Kingdom: $14.2 million (1%)
- Canada: $11.8 million (0.8%)
- Czech Republic: $10.8 million (0.7%)
- Nigeria: $9.3 million (0.6%)
- Philippines: $7.2 million (0.5%)
- Tanzania: $7 million (0.5%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 96% of globally exported synthetic beards and eyelashes in 2021 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of synthetic beards and eyelashes since 2017 were: Philippines (up 3,896%), Czech Republic (up 775.5%), Tanzania (up 478.6%) and Bangladesh (up 272.4%).
Those countries that posted declines in their sales of exported synthetic beards and eyelashes were led by: South Korea (down -41.2%), Nigeria (down -28.0%), Indonesia (down -26.3%), Canada (down -21.8%) and United States (down -20.1%).
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 2021.
- China: US$2.8 billion (90.3% of exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair)
- Indonesia: $103 million (3.3%)
- Germany: $32 million (1%)
- United States: $27.6 million (0.9%)
- Bangladesh: $24.5 million (0.8%)
- Vietnam: $20.1 million (0.6%)
- United Kingdom: $13 million (0.4%)
- Hong Kong: $12.4 million (0.4%)
- Italy: $10.7 million (0.3%)
- Israel: $8.3 million (0.3%)
- Austria: $6.3 million (0.2%)
- Tanzania: $4.9 million (0.2%)
- Netherlands: $4 million (0.1%)
- Canada: $3.7 million (0.1%)
- Sweden: $3.3 million (0.1%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 99.1% of globally exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair in 2021 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair since 2017 were: Vietnam (up 9,648%), Tanzania (up 3,472%), Bangladesh (up 333%) and China (up 183.6%).
Three major suppliers posted declines in their export sales of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from human hair namely Hong Kong (down -71.5%), United States of America (down -34.8%) and the Netherlands (down -28.4%).
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 2021.
- China: US$1.6 billion (89.7% of exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair)
- Indonesia: $52.6 million (3%)
- Mozambique: $42.5 million (2.4%)
- Kenya: $15.2 million (0.9%)
- United States: $14 million (0.8%)
- Vietnam: $7.2 million (0.4%)
- Thailand: $6 million (0.3%)
- South Africa: $5.7 million (0.3%)
- Hong Kong: $5.4 million (0.3%)
- South Korea: $4.4 million (0.3%)
- Uganda: $3.9 million (0.2%)
- Israel: $3.6 million (0.2%)
- United Kingdom: $2.7 million (0.2%)
- Italy: $2.1 million (0.1%)
- Germany: $2 million (0.1%)
The listed 15 countries shipped 99.2% of globally exported wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair in 2021 by value.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing exporters of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair since 2017 were: Hong Kong (up 1,581%), Mozambique (up 1,195%), Kenya (up 236.3%) and Uganda (up 178%).
Incurring double-digit percentage declines in their export sales of wigs, beards and eyelashes made from animal hair were South Korea (down -58.9%), Italy (down -46%), Indonesia (down -40.8%), Thailand (down -26.4%) and the United States of America (down -20.9%).
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 August 15, 2022
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on August 15, 2022
Forbes Global 2000 rankings, The World’s Biggest Public Companies. Accessed on August 15, 2022
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on August 15, 2022
Trade Map, International Trade Centre. Accessed on August 15, 2022
Wikipedia, Eyelash extensions. Accessed on August 15, 2022
Wikipedia, Wig. Accessed on August 15, 2022
