Shipped Where
Imported, 2025Imported 2025
$1 billion$1B
vs 2010
1.0× (nominal)
Arrived by shipBy ship
74%
Busiest portTop port
Savannah, GA

Most imported wigs & hair extensions come from China: 53% of $1 billion.

Indonesia is second at 16%. Wigs, false beards and hair goods.

Where US wigs & hair extensions come from, 2025Where it comes from

Share by value of the $1B the US imported, by country of originShare by value, by country of origin

  1. 01China$0.54B53.4%
  2. 02Indonesia$0.16B15.9%
  3. 03Bangladesh$0.14B14.3%
  4. 04Vietnam$64.8M6.4%
  5. 05Senegal$49.5M4.9%
  6. 06Italy$9.2M0.9%
  7. 07Cambodia$6.6M0.7%
  8. 08Canada$5.7M0.6%
  9. 09Thailand$4.3M0.4%
  10. 10Nigeria$4.2M0.4%
  11. All othersEveryone else combined: $21.5M2.1%

Total US wigs & hair extensions imports by year · $971M in 2010 to $1B 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 wigs & hair extensions imports. Gray bar is 2015, colored bar is 2025.Share of US wigs & hair extensions imports. Gray is 2015, color is 2025.

Bangladesh2.7% → 14%
Vietnam0.9% → 6.4%
Senegal1.4% → 4.9%
Cambodia<0.1% → 0.7%
Italy0.6% → 0.9%
Nigeria0.4% → 0.4%
Thailand0.4% → 0.4%
Canada0.9% → 0.6%
Indonesia19% → 16%
China70% → 53%
2015 share2025, gained2025, lost

Where it's made

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

Most imported wigs & hair extensions are made in East Asia. China alone sends 53%, and Indonesia, Bangladesh and Vietnam add another 37%. Senegal ships from Africa.

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  1. 01China
  2. 02Indonesia
  3. 03Bangladesh
  4. 04Vietnam
  5. 05Senegal
  6. 06Italy
  7. 07Cambodia
  8. 08Canada

Where it lands

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

74% arrives by ship, almost all in containers, mostly through East Coast ports. Savannah alone takes 36%. Newark and Los Angeles follow at 20% and 14%.

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ABCDEF
  1. ASavannah, GA $0.36B
  2. BNewark, NJ $0.20B
  3. CLos Angeles, CA $0.14B
  4. DAnchorage, AK $48.3M
  5. ECleveland, OH $40.2M
  6. FLos Angeles Airport (LAX), CA $40.0M
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 wigs & hair extensions is used.

Four states are listed for over $100M each.

  1. 01New Jersey$0.30B
  2. 02California$0.19B
  3. 03Georgia$0.19B
  4. 04New York$0.14B
  5. 05Florida$62.9M
$100M+$40–100M$10–40M$1–10MUnder $1M

Counted under HS 6704. How we count.