Human Hair Import & Export Statistics 

I need the Import & Export Statistics for human hair that is used in
Wig production. Specifically I need to know how much hair comes from
the 5 major hair producing countries.

1) What is the annual human hair production in the world? (amount of
hair produced/sold)

2) How much human hair Import & Export from China annually? 

3) How much human hair Import & Export from India annually?

4) How much human hair Import & Export from Turkey annually?

5) How much human hair Import & Export from Ukraine annually?

6) How much human hair Import & Export from Spain annually?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 18 May 2004 07:07 PDT

It is possible to find fairly detailed statistics of the amounts of
human hair imported into the United States from the countries you
listed.

There is also data from other countries as well, several of which are
major suppliers of human hair for wigs.  For instance, India,
Indonesia and Italy are all major suppliers of human hair to the US
(in contrast, Spain, Turkey and the Ukraine are fairly minor sources).

Note that the information is only for IMPORTS TO THE US.  

I'm afraid that most countries do not provide the same sort of
detailed access to import/export data that can be found for the United
States, so I do not think a full global picture of imports and exports
can be readily put together.  However, if you are interested in the
statistics that are available for imports to the US, I can provide
them to you.

The data look like this:

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IMPORTS FROM UKRAINE TO THE US:

Human Hair (mostly for wigs):  $26,989    755 kg

Wigs, Lashes, etc made
from human hair                 $48,679     ---

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Note that there is only dollar information for the Wigs category.  


If this information would be suitable for your needs, let me know and
I will post it as an answer to your question.

Thanks.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by dotherightthing-ga on 19 May 2004 01:43 PDT

Thank you, but the US import information is not helpful. Specifically,
we need the Import/Export information from the 5 countries listed. It
doesn't appear from your response that you tried to find the
information in countries other than the USA.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 19 May 2004 06:49 PDT

Oh...I tried all right.  But now I've tried even harder, and here is
what I cam up with.

Statistics on imports and exports to and from the five countries you
mentioned -- as well as worldwide data -- are available in the
following categories:

1.  Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair.

2.  Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise worked; wool
or other animal hair or other textile materials, prepared for use in
making wigs or the like.

3.  Wigs, false beards, eyebrows etc, of human hair


#1 seems to be the raw material.  

#2 is an intermediate material worked in preparation for wig-making,
but as you can see, it also includes some non-human materials as well
(I presume that human hair represents the bulk of the material in this
category, but I have not found information to confirm this).

#3 is the finished wigs, etc made from human hair.


Let me know if one or more of these categories will suffice for your
needs, and if so, I will post the relevant statistics as an answer to
your question.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by dotherightthing-ga on 19 May 2004 11:07 PDT

Great! That's the information we are looking for. 

Please include:
1) The source(s)
2) The data for each category (1,2 & 3) that you mentioned, for each
of the 5 countries and global totals.
3) Any other information you found - the more information we have the better. 

Thanks for putting in the extra effort! We appreciate it.

Hello again d.t.r.t.-ga,


Thanks for getting back to me...I'm glad to hear the statistics I
unearthed are what you needed.

I've presented the data below, along with information about the source
at the United Nations that you can access to get additional
information.

Please bear in mind that these international trade statistics are
well-recognized to have very substantial reporting errors in them, so
please take the numbers with all the appropriate grains of salt you
can muster.

Customers at Google Answers have the opportunity to rate and comment
on an answer, if they so choose.  But before rating this answer,
please let me know if you need any additional information or have any
questions about all this.  Just post a Request for Clarification, and
I'll be happy to assist you further.

All the best,

pafalafa-ga


==========

Trade Statistics for 2002 
(in dollars and kg)
for the following categories of items:


050100 -- Hair, human, unworked, waste of human hair
670300 -- Worked human hair, wool or animal hair, for wig making
670420 -- Wigs, false beards, eyebrows etc, of human hair




Exports from China to the Rest of the World

050100  $297,581...............  8,437 kg 
670300  $4,481,967...........  232,807  
670420  $258,478,208.......  5,857,994 


Imports to China from the Rest of the World

 
050100  $12,472..................  493  
670300  $62,621,864..........8,700,844  
670420  ----------


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Exports from India to the Rest of the World

050100  $1,454,112...........  418,974  
670300  $44,550,280 ........ 1,114,435  
670420  $3,342,206 .........  ----- 


Imports to India from the Rest of the World

050100  $35,952................... 390  
670300  $3,687 ................... 666  
670420  $400......................  57  


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Exports from Spain to the Rest of the World

050100  $23,249................ 21,054  
670300  $966,084................ 4,201  
670420  $282,450...............  2,036  


Imports to Spain from the Rest of the World

050100  $768,999..............  19,719  
670300  $1,011,725.............  8,840  
670420  $514,708................ 4,017  


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Exports from Turkey to the Rest of the World

050100  $67,625..................  570  
670300  $98,738................  6,618  
670420  $185.......................  8  


Imports to Turkey from the Rest of the World

050100  $2,945....................  30  
670300  $169,001...............  2,892  
670420  $87,769..................  697 


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Exports from the Ukraine to the Rest of the World

050100  -------------
670300  $58,197..................  187  
670420  $111,350.................  617


Imports to the Ukraine from the Rest of the World

050100  ------------
670300  ------------
670420  $12,340................... 406  


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Worldwide Imports and Exports

050100 
Total Import: $84,385,815
Total Export: $44,663,914


670300 

Total Import: $507,811,909
Total Export: $283,273,250


670420 

Total Import: $268,018,375
Total Export: $327,791,124


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The data in the above table were gleaned from COMTRADE -- a United
Nations statistical database on commodities trade which can be
searched at:

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade/default.aspx

By typing [ human hair ] in the commodity text box, and making
appropriate selections (e.g. Exports from China) in the other pull
down menus, the system will walk you through the steps for creating
your own data tables for commodities of interest to you.

It's a fairly straighforward system, but if you are not familiar with
the various conventions in use for international trading, it can
sometimes be confusing.  If any questions arise, just let me know and
I'll be glad to assist you.



pafalafa-ga




search strategy:  Google search on [ international trade (statistics OR database) ]

Exactly what we were looking for -- thank you!

You're quite welcome.

Glad to have been of assistance...and thanks for the stars!

paf