Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$2 billion$2B
vs 2010
2.6× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
49%
Busiest portTop port
Laredo, TX

The US buys the most hair care from Mexico: 24% of $2 billion.

Canada is a close second at 23%. Shampoos, conditioners, sprays and straighteners.

Where US hair care comes from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $2B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01Mexico$0.48B23.6%
  2. 02Canada$0.47B23.3%
  3. 03Italy$0.20B9.9%
  4. 04Spain$0.11B5.3%
  5. 05South Korea$0.10B5.1%
  6. 06China$96.0M4.7%
  7. 07Israel$89.1M4.4%
  8. 08Germany$50.1M2.5%
  9. 09Greece$44.0M2.2%
  10. 10Brazil$43.8M2.1%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $0.35B17.1%

Total US hair care imports by year · $779M in 2010 to $2B in 2025Replay the ranking year by year, 2010 to 2025

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Then and now: 2015 vs 2025Then and now

Each country's share of US hair care imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US hair care imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

South Korea1.3% → 5.1%
Spain3% → 5.3%
Greece<0.1% → 2.2%
Italy8.1% → 9.9%
Brazil0.6% → 2.1%
China4.7% → 4.7%
Israel5.5% → 4.4%
Germany5.5% → 2.5%
Canada27% → 23%
Mexico32% → 24%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

Bigger circle = more value, 2025. Numbers match the list.

No single region supplies most imported hair care. Latin America leads at 28%, then Europe at 26%. Mexico and Canada send 47% between them, and Italy, Spain and South Korea add another 20%.

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  1. 01Mexico
  2. 02Canada
  3. 03Italy
  4. 04Spain
  5. 05South Korea
  6. 06China
  7. 07Israel
  8. 08Germany

Where it lands

US port where it entered, 2025. Letters match the list.

It arrives several ways: 49% by ship, 48% by land and other routes and 4% by air. Laredo and Newark take 21% each. Los Angeles follows at 9%.

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  1. ALaredo, TX $0.43B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.43B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.19B
  4. DBuffalo-Niagara Falls, NY $0.18B
  5. EPort Huron, MI $0.12B
  6. FDetroit, MI $0.11B
More detail: states listed on entry paperworkMore detail: states on paperwork

This is the destination written on customs forms, often a warehouse or distributor near the port. It is not where the hair care is used.

Six states are listed for over $100M each, and they mirror the top ports.

  1. 01Ohio$0.33B
  2. 02New Jersey$0.29B
  3. 03California$0.27B
  4. 04Texas$0.23B
  5. 05New York$0.21B
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 3305. How we count.