RankCountryExports of Preparations for permanent waving/straightening the hair in USD (2010)
1Germany$40,618,384
2United States$31,027,931
3South Africa$27,501,788
4Canada$26,744,566
5United Kingdom$17,819,197
6Italy$17,596,152
7Spain$16,979,558
8Japan$9,103,129
9Cote d'Ivoire$9,003,781
10France$8,947,535
11Thailand$6,730,024
12China$4,673,463
13Egypt$4,035,061
14Lebanon$4,007,279
15Brazil$3,656,089
16Venezuela$1,924,966
17Panama$1,654,903
18Kenya$1,615,045
19Belgium$1,346,806
20Portugal$1,259,108
21Mexico$1,241,215
22Sweden$1,239,305
23Hungary$1,196,000
24Denmark$827,188
25Netherlands$809,052
26Malaysia$785,251
27Saudi Arabia$752,001
28Finland$626,891
29Korea, South$590,743
30Hong Kong$581,235
31Israel$520,000
32Botswana$500,179
33Czech Republic$473,534
34Colombia$464,756
35Sri Lanka$463,483
36Australia$447,806
37Dominican Republic$425,048
38Slovenia$372,288
39Argentina$309,997
40Russia$296,926
41Singapore$257,344
42Turkey$218,886
43Tunisia$210,175
44Syria$199,136
45Poland$198,964
46India$168,837
47Morocco$165,152
48Guatemala$132,012
49Greece$124,878
50Lithuania$113,979
51Romania$112,043
52Ukraine$83,653
53El Salvador$73,017
54Jamaica$54,897
55Senegal$53,488
56Austria$49,787
57Indonesia$44,400
58Ireland$43,491
59Switzerland$42,064
60Croatia$41,555
61New Zealand$35,572
62Serbia$35,222
63Cameroon$33,820
64Zimbabwe$27,294
65Uganda$24,862
66Estonia$17,807
67Bulgaria$14,896
68Luxembourg$12,857
69Trinidad and Tobago$11,967
70Pakistan$11,744
71Oman$8,900
72Latvia$8,276
73Norway$8,116
74Jordan$4,508
75Moldova$3,194
76Fiji$2,317
77Barbados$1,449
78Philippines$1,365
79Ghana$1,361
80Peru$1,151
81Slovakia$715
82Suriname$490
83New Caledonia$198
84Mauritius$125
85Madagascar$43
86Nicaragua$14
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania $1,555     
Algeria$12,105 $1,767 $28  
Antigua and Barbuda      $165
Argentina$85,397$152,103$133,478$274,831$285,728$309,997$161,898
Australia$184,722$453,057$348,237$570,739$284,751$447,806$488,570
Austria$19,264$98,514$109,585$267,257$153,370$49,787 
Bahamas, The $667$544    
Bahrain$4,463$383  $18,617 $23,697
Barbados$138$215 $513$42$1,449$1,530
Belarus$11,300  $100$200 $900
Belgium$1,785,927$1,527,973$1,330,607$1,354,388$1,249,810$1,346,806$1,430,653
Belize  $8,500    
Bolivia$4,930     $36,554
Bosnia and Herzegovina$372$2$3,788$1,237$5,678 $4,864
Botswana$5,337$81,547$60,032$304$949$500,179$500,875
Brazil$789,251$2,488,334$1,436,515$1,829,819$2,408,358$3,656,089$4,472,655
Bulgaria$12,845$15,020$263,563$67,978$5,574$14,896$32,989
Burundi$36      
Cameroon$11,368$374$27,434$26,598$28,174$33,820 
Canada$1,483,658$1,358,194$12,927,309$25,567,318$25,666,284$26,744,566$24,992,370
Cape Verde $50     
Chile$24,913$32,532$4,422 $576 $1,406
China$1,332,695$695,306$1,710,322$2,398,620$3,055,083$4,673,463$4,016,339
Colombia$462,362$665,467$825,445$924,075$870,776$464,756$787,591
Costa Rica$134$41,698$694$6,705  $462
Cote d'Ivoire$7,874,114$10,402,216$13,897,751$9,743,350$9,011,391$9,003,781$9,147,371
Croatia$61,705$46,137$48,538$74,627$52,832$41,555$38,956
Cuba$2,568$8,398     
Cyprus$90$141$3,894    
Czech Republic$138,628$241,800$230,706$245,708$200,279$473,534$1,861,193
Denmark$139,572$61,028$255,858$307,001$147,087$827,188$291,492
Djibouti    $45,636  
Dominican Republic$12,149$23,044$241,264$272,903$141,821$425,048$192,851
Ecuador$436$87$9,602$2,280$1  
Egypt$85,632$111,502$226,276$123,889$1,532,318$4,035,061$964,508
El Salvador$173,044$99,164$106,021$83,250$81,969$73,017 
Estonia$1,961$4,795$4,215$27,361$39,046$17,807$82,720
Ethiopia  $21,850$246$5,888 $1,388
Fiji$2,480$78$1,564$652$2,804$2,317 
Finland$438,539$730,184$760,232$733,999$635,249$626,891$549,042
France$15,770,771$14,469,055$10,476,739$11,969,093$10,792,277$8,947,535$14,224,702
Georgia$460$1,865$1,513$422$1,091  
Germany$18,247,000$17,191,000$20,415,000$21,800,000$29,485,000$40,618,384$35,336,509
Ghana$217  $1,582$1,375$1,361$3,639
Greece$206,396$147,444$398,234$293,494$102,542$124,878$255,272
Guatemala$117,656$75,686$42,874$51,908$85,185$132,012$121,577
Guyana $100     
Honduras$63,448$63,699$13,252 $34,587  
Hong Kong$427,764$387,762$788,497$1,866,638$1,315,750$581,235$350,305
Hungary$181,000$144,000$203,000$435,000$1,073,000$1,196,000$1,096,000
Iceland  $7,430$342  $639
India$243,376$130,166$223,891$90,153$177,133$168,837$127,791
Indonesia$172,592$23,342$3,116$9,682$5,649$44,400$7,388
Iran$4,929$3,806     
Ireland$161,076$336,877$189,940$362,645$128,901$43,491$120,369
Israel   $27,000$37,000$520,000$44,000
Italy$10,123,623$11,948,895$12,568,690$11,167,643$11,531,545$17,596,152$12,954,293
Jamaica$68,644$59,910$38,596$53,012$20,211$54,897 
Japan$5,834,832$5,435,414$6,488,656$6,363,962$7,385,432$9,103,129$10,327,662
Jordan$26,059$96,092$59,036$91,471$207,577$4,508$13,955
Kazakhstan $484$485$84   
Kenya$107,051$294,679$214,109$321,989$478,401$1,615,045 
Korea, South$315,759$872,798$1,074,999$1,298,239$1,138,984$590,743$642,286
Kuwait $5,308     
Latvia$7,604$13,115$96,219$206,338$22,407$8,276$25,410
Lebanon$402,000$824,416$879,263$1,048,043$1,288,621$4,007,279$4,587,166
Lithuania$20,789$10,436$50,626$60,614$66,466$113,979$121,068
Luxembourg$20,863$22,572$15,910$7,866$8,588$12,857$11,301
Macau$1,257$3,746$1,088$9,834$3,191  
Macedonia  $106 $4,560 $79
Madagascar $87 $1,118 $43 
Malawi$430      
Malaysia$138,943$353,565$313,229$496,851$623,047$785,251$593,403
Mali $49,217     
Malta$11,011$747 $221,375$28,246  
Mauritius$47 $80$219$371$125$678
Mexico$786,683$1,187,575$1,026,467$1,164,735$650,965$1,241,215$691,244
Moldova    $14,559$3,194 
Montenegro    $10  
Morocco$925$2,902$1,611$388$69,514$165,152 
Namibia$404,997$477,373$475,515$378,735   
Netherlands$781,023$1,528,968$1,608,951$2,410,777$1,573,879$809,052 
Netherlands Antilles$834  $725   
New Caledonia   $382$53$198 
New Zealand$14,523$8,517$22,610$20,871$9,518$35,572$37,287
Nicaragua$13,010$10$4,113$21 $14 
Norway$3,314$191,484$274,689$59,013$78,476$8,116$38,153
Oman   $520$12,499$8,900 
Pakistan$44,615$13,880 $14,075$1,814$11,744$3,528
Panama$121,618$1,242,156$1,413,019$1,364,933$1,430,472$1,654,903$1,011,577
Paraguay $678     
Peru$1,790$4,055$1,065$34$1,715$1,151$2,532
Philippines$15,665$46,424$33,218$47,330$5,822$1,365$47,961
Poland$134,843$138,744$202,329$176,677$105,428$198,964$395,541
Portugal$129,512$121,270$308,835$587,586$487,601$1,259,108$2,363,119
Qatar    $6,374  
Romania$2,373$463$9,973  $112,043$84,352
Russia$289,521$367,047$468,893$355,435$302,434$296,926$276,540
Saint Lucia$37      
Samoa$616$81     
Saudi Arabia$14,758$2,044$14,303  $752,001 
Senegal$1,334$13,662$45,279$77,861$6,641$53,488 
Serbia$7,646$21,212$32,283$38,425$41,972$35,222$50,453
Seychelles   $918   
Singapore$175,659$404,232$555,529$597,254$291,579$257,344$261,840
Slovakia$28,899$190,416$14,545$3,499$4,190$715$1,117
Slovenia$297,009$338,682$350,459$350,321$305,772$372,288$273,773
South Africa$13,254,268$20,721,349$23,236,557$20,926,039$17,473,211$27,501,788$28,780,116
Spain$11,610,236$11,906,179$10,560,492$11,469,207$11,270,738$16,979,558 
Sri Lanka$264,160$125,469$251,956$163,761$75,191$463,483$398,201
Suriname     $490 
Swaziland$20,124$39,293$416    
Sweden$1,075,276$911,367$1,127,836$998,697$852,671$1,239,305$989,140
Switzerland$204,355$394,221$383,879$187,803$218,723$42,064$63,329
Syria$132,327$587,614$389,766$313,434 $199,136 
Tanzania$69,289     $1,091
Thailand$2,941,606$3,746,221$4,851,269$4,798,565$4,553,186$6,730,024$6,517,408
Togo$15,136      
Trinidad and Tobago$22,884$25,548$24,595$24,976$20,878$11,967 
Tunisia$71,687$95,634$74,082$113,054$165,605$210,175 
Turkey$239,959$18,074$139,700$238,562$132,513$218,886$41,837
Uganda$2,918   $4,490$24,862 
Ukraine$2,286$3,756$11,114$101,823$80,232$83,653$38,358
United Arab Emirates$84,895 $99,322$144,873   
United Kingdom$15,587,601$15,284,410$18,343,165$18,990,230$14,242,440$17,819,197$20,866,797
United States$20,438,953$21,747,944$24,485,866$24,423,248$26,394,544$31,027,931$41,440,017
Uruguay  $295    
Venezuela$4,674$2,105 $233,727$158,606$1,924,966$849,521
Vietnam$61,140$1,534$888$38,890$58,205  
Yemen$10,594$20,390$49,843$12,469$1,953  
Zambia  $10 $9,422  
Zimbabwe$52$73  $200$27,294