RankCountryImports of Preparations for permanent waving/straightening the hair in USD (2010)
1United States$30,750,245
2Saudi Arabia$18,832,024
3United Kingdom$18,721,204
4Germany$13,212,834
5France$8,920,457
6Ireland$8,156,125
7Canada$6,488,456
8Portugal$6,454,036
9Spain$5,252,247
10Italy$4,562,067
11Dominican Republic$4,371,735
12Japan$4,111,234
13Botswana$3,819,030
14Panama$3,795,662
15Korea, South$3,176,413
16Australia$2,746,177
17Russia$2,704,998
18China$2,634,650
19Thailand$2,577,322
20Malaysia$1,953,656
21Belgium$1,945,339
22Hong Kong$1,915,202
23Venezuela$1,889,600
24Vietnam$1,864,690
25Egypt$1,774,658
26Austria$1,624,089
27Switzerland$1,542,259
28Netherlands$1,536,566
29Ethiopia$1,534,276
30Zimbabwe$1,428,956
31Indonesia$1,245,327
32Hungary$1,207,000
33Colombia$1,154,982
34Norway$1,133,130
35Jamaica$1,090,295
36Sweden$1,049,320
37Trinidad and Tobago$1,030,961
38Poland$1,006,102
39Ghana$994,262
40Greece$970,981
41Czech Republic$925,642
42Finland$884,471
43Israel$851,000
44Denmark$801,345
45Nepal$798,340
46Philippines$747,252
47South Africa$628,662
48Mali$583,530
49Nicaragua$511,650
50Paraguay$511,394
51Singapore$503,578
52Morocco$496,000
53Bosnia and Herzegovina$459,507
54Ukraine$450,942
55Mexico$448,923
56Chile$434,605
57Cyprus$431,775
58New Zealand$420,513
59India$420,404
60Yemen$404,553
61Syria$399,342
62Slovakia$395,992
63Albania$392,528
64Tunisia$381,215
65Lebanon$379,912
66Barbados$378,531
67Qatar$360,351
68Algeria$342,749
69Cape Verde$338,186
70Tanzania$316,880
71Romania$309,556
72Armenia$307,761
73Senegal$288,030
74Oman$283,402
75Luxembourg$253,449
76Turkey$250,810
77Zambia$250,353
78Bahamas, The$249,316
79Peru$240,593
80El Salvador$235,841
81Croatia$229,217
82Bahrain$225,087
83Malta$208,780
84Argentina$206,210
85New Caledonia$201,711
86Ecuador$197,885
87Uganda$197,295
88Estonia$192,872
89Iceland$189,750
90Mauritius$183,633
91Brazil$159,231
92Slovenia$146,472
93Guatemala$144,872
94Belarus$136,300
95Costa Rica$131,298
96Sri Lanka$130,064
97Serbia$120,154
98Lithuania$114,447
99Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$107,979
100Latvia$103,590
101Dominica$100,189
102Suriname$99,845
103Guyana$96,245
104Belize$91,011
105Cameroon$86,915
106Madagascar$85,910
107French Polynesia$72,119
108Mozambique$65,507
109Kenya$65,326
110Macau$64,494
111Azerbaijan$63,721
112Aruba$61,965
113Cambodia$61,131
114Antigua and Barbuda$59,397
115Sao Tome and Principe$58,295
116Jordan$54,901
117Samoa$53,363
118Montenegro$46,123
119Bermuda$38,043
120Bulgaria$35,933
121Burundi$32,621
122Niger$32,353
123Pakistan$27,932
124Burkina Faso$27,435
125Kyrgyzstan$26,315
126Bolivia$21,879
127Moldova$21,676
128Fiji$19,478
129Gambia, The$19,163
130Cote d'Ivoire$17,565
131Malawi$15,725
132Georgia$14,814
133Maldives$9,222
134Nigeria$9,206
135Iran$7,253
136Tonga$6,849
137Benin$3,033
138Bhutan$2,682
139Togo$1,077
140Mauritania$146
Country2005200620072008200920102011
Albania$113,937$510,703$569,716$195,399$157,292$392,528$190,959
Algeria$233,659$221,007$213,775$221,616$154,120$342,749$862,102
Anguilla $15,349$23,950$23,304   
Antigua and Barbuda$29,295$25,253$46,735 $71,170$59,397$57,984
Argentina$71,816$194,498$240,524$389,843$161,393$206,210$266,843
Armenia$185,032$177,483$203,289$332,400$347,345$307,761$263,605
Aruba    $30,674$61,965$26,669
Australia$1,683,387$1,918,652$983,912$1,125,673$1,185,111$2,746,177$2,781,216
Austria$1,141,672$821,456$768,999$1,027,573$1,326,174$1,624,089 
Azerbaijan$24,825$75,584$87,099$13,271$17,446$63,721$76,180
Bahamas, The$244,976$163,618$168,203$111,249$153,200$249,316$222,895
Bahrain$1,263,644$896,748$1,319,195$841,275$657,596$225,087$415,317
Bangladesh$27,119$24,569$12,316    
Barbados$213,052$286,504$322,453$253,368$364,968$378,531$381,509
Belarus$107,500$104,700$109,300$138,800$109,800$136,300$100,500
Belgium$2,657,228$1,652,542$1,780,020$1,661,436$1,516,834$1,945,339$2,449,427
Belize$50,348$40,091$48,631$35,385$35,650$91,011 
Benin$141,733$98,262   $3,033 
Bermuda     $38,043 
Bhutan$498$239$270$1,150$1,819$2,682 
Bolivia$57,363$48,264$49,798$59,732$33,848$21,879$23,748
Bosnia and Herzegovina$162,907$306,964$186,936$213,726$297,943$459,507$280,629
Botswana$1,776,674$759,048$1,069,661$1,374,116$2,242,514$3,819,030$4,140,009
Brazil$99,287$146,880$427,709$266,109$154,300$159,231$130,865
Brunei $108,678     
Bulgaria$55,845$44,501$128,634$131,624$32,895$35,933$38,196
Burkina Faso$108 $32,687$72,618$56,756$27,435 
Burundi$1,913$24,139$12,086$3,619$1,320$32,621 
Cambodia$26,730$5,870$14,565$16,164$4,880$61,131 
Cameroon$43,871$24,265$40,400$104,835$78,026$86,915 
Canada$6,057,229$5,574,049$6,145,361$6,487,097$5,849,714$6,488,456$7,300,913
Cape Verde$440,738$489,002$286,478$437,819$286,745$338,186$355,717
Central African Republic  $202$93$924  
Chile$170,685$347,244$325,857$400,612$287,920$434,605$221,367
China$1,578,693$1,212,657$1,782,304$1,679,152$1,389,834$2,634,650$3,834,223
Colombia$126,657$238,912$507,723$830,025$701,986$1,154,982$2,395,600
Comoros$11,283$10,710$8,532    
Costa Rica$221,571$155,504$117,561$179,394$103,298$131,298$145,485
Cote d'Ivoire$101,778$215,072$56,165$61,190$124,337$17,565$4,827
Croatia$147,101$208,553$256,954$247,861$199,305$229,217$221,927
Cuba$284,964$243,086     
Cyprus$102,448$156,361$102,251$263,990$209,520$431,775$761,141
Czech Republic$636,408$624,038$417,895$430,850$383,977$925,642$1,322,506
Denmark$862,065$745,812$1,067,502$819,016$605,476$801,345$948,107
Dominica$119,363$88,764$78,633$82,505$101,251$100,189 
Dominican Republic$1,675,582$1,907,875$2,004,989$3,503,144$3,894,454$4,371,735$4,235,992
East Timor$682      
Ecuador$172,976$149,661$155,323$313,606$155,122$197,885$215,020
Egypt$169,666$499,755$200,428$528,132$584,968$1,774,658$2,336,130
El Salvador$75,871$49,475$75,897$226,502$126,700$235,841 
Estonia$96,533$72,878$41,255$88,022$150,808$192,872$237,900
Ethiopia$299,322$254,307$535,608$616,381$882,748$1,534,276$1,179,552
Faroe Islands$2,064$3,733$12,365$2,437$11,396  
Fiji$17,545$82,909$43,103$27,485$16,431$19,478 
Finland$547,838$799,107$610,735$930,209$838,587$884,471$834,501
France$12,180,188$12,576,822$8,722,398$10,525,140$10,089,058$8,920,457$8,807,724
French Polynesia$49,304$50,988$50,233$82,753$74,252$72,119$74,431
Gabon$160,374$59,874$79,648$130,369$94,517  
Gambia, The$3,147$14,751$566$1,314$376$19,163$1,450
Georgia$21,600$24,803$51,934$16,168$13,677$14,814 
Germany$6,718,000$6,755,000$7,929,000$12,401,000$20,540,000$13,212,834$9,783,188
Ghana$449,012$418,552$247,910$66,271$698,203$994,262$1,253,525
Greece$6,612,091$6,247,799$8,369,157$6,122,178$1,973,784$970,981$1,561,682
Greenland$14,753$9,571$8,885    
Grenada$98,207$76,654$84,927$113,440$104,282  
Guatemala$375,997$214,521$162,713$151,358$148,518$144,872$81,682
Guinea$68$1,491$6,010$136,086   
Guinea-Bissau$2,579      
Guyana$3,782$28,017$94,468$39,100$54,601$96,245$49,846
Honduras$332,492$566,422$668,371 $267,345  
Hong Kong$1,704,360$2,184,308$2,340,373$2,270,271$2,186,124$1,915,202$1,895,544
Hungary$436,000$354,000$451,000$417,000$433,000$1,207,000$1,898,000
Iceland$139,258$328,089$266,224$162,017$115,342$189,750$231,348
India$309,154$372,671$357,798$439,599$228,601$420,404$1,280,309
Indonesia$528,212$442,972$582,843$756,010$764,607$1,245,327$1,467,399
Iran$574    $7,253 
Ireland$2,462,260$4,322,669$6,028,078$5,313,377$5,993,073$8,156,125$8,353,026
Israel$2,103,000$2,011,000$2,308,000$1,630,000$1,422,000$851,000$300,000
Italy$2,283,929$2,210,246$2,094,106$2,267,279$2,144,214$4,562,067$3,856,614
Jamaica$1,279,149$1,325,627$1,387,695$1,179,092$1,185,894$1,090,295 
Japan$58,988$6,165$135,023$289,601$917,217$4,111,234$5,215,042
Jordan$99,436$250,160$195,215$85,982$15,015$54,901$335,190
Kazakhstan$240,223$327,578$342,449$315,256$301,356  
Kenya$109,409$213,570$202,376$158,767$21,479$65,326 
Kiribati$1,725   $1,194  
Korea, South$2,844,869$3,250,489$3,763,741$3,698,238$3,249,378$3,176,413$3,385,358
Kuwait $1,635,711$1,945,596$716,063   
Kyrgyzstan$22,288$48,958$24,044$23,406$16,006$26,315$30,073
Latvia$105,557$142,850$133,647$137,969$105,264$103,590$141,829
Lebanon$537,000$389,258$411,191$798,038$589,406$379,912$527,593
Lesotho   $408,852   
Lithuania$112,289$132,277$256,643$330,046$135,416$114,447$129,575
Luxembourg$180,842$208,815$262,098$283,600$309,311$253,449$271,498
Macau$78,152$47,587$53,175$74,564$41,965$64,494$38,212
Macedonia$51,923$44,240$51,414$48,353$45,541 $100,315
Madagascar$52,504$80,972$83,202$94,194$91,902$85,910 
Malawi$8,963$17,030$23,631$6,842$463,424$15,725$20,086
Malaysia$336,233$570,461$1,377,506$1,575,436$1,719,953$1,953,656$2,088,610
Maldives$16,082$9,833$11,967$6,062$6,181$9,222$9,632
Mali$252,194$350,576$177,247$310,020 $583,530 
Malta$27,623$84,434$154,330$92,197$82,323$208,780 
Mauritania$2,503  $13,759 $146 
Mauritius$96,720$96,717$91,999$137,008$123,372$183,633$144,412
Mayotte$105,369$111,064$93,509$90,399$102,548  
Mexico$404,325$483,956$531,581$825,457$593,384$448,923$984,437
Moldova$27,830$7,559$27,980$63,119$25,085$21,676$26,280
Mongolia$31,611$7,698$18,015    
Montenegro $7,825$21,122$81,726$49,272$46,123$75,249
Montserrat$7,651$4,343$6,223$4,922$7,567  
Morocco$133,135$235,992$235,842$452,901$511,223$496,000 
Mozambique$85,697$118,693$104,233$184,579$60,431$65,507$52,000
Namibia$1,176,012$1,104,171$1,635,647$2,248,092   
Nepal    $761,617$798,340 
Netherlands$1,658,389$1,609,318$1,836,435$1,978,893$1,545,520$1,536,566 
Netherlands Antilles$349,311$330,538$508,888$745,710   
New Caledonia$140,643$137,455$182,882$220,957$217,555$201,711$191,793
New Zealand$369,315$237,664$347,458$312,522$325,729$420,513$926,761
Nicaragua$264,930$298,996$392,026$308,014$481,365$511,650$566,326
Niger$818$21,685$4,677$59,133$31,741$32,353$29,752
Nigeria $26,305$79,224$136,157$218,865$9,206 
Norway$1,295,533$1,909,723$1,639,136$1,228,645$809,638$1,133,130$997,907
Oman$416,031$189,311$320,910$527,766$345,259$283,402 
Pakistan$45,769$3,940$8,944$48,896$39,774$27,932$235,378
Panama$843,739$2,450,860$2,735,728$2,989,298$2,833,066$3,795,662$2,642,795
Paraguay$38,119$43,617$62,690$142,811$142,358$511,394$513,830
Peru$95,227$187,310$120,794$284,217$196,001$240,593$281,518
Philippines$32,754$14,327$88,828$115,935$49,910$747,252$458,911
Poland$670,516$584,185$647,414$780,875$782,287$1,006,102$836,672
Portugal$2,792,248$3,198,568$4,111,583$2,045,360$1,349,692$6,454,036$4,918,644
Qatar$499,077$582,537$401,236$242,722 $360,351 
Romania$456,755$821,823$547,573$312,996$288,412$309,556$387,776
Russia$1,208,038$2,330,566$2,640,896$1,944,551$1,906,948$2,704,998$2,561,341
Rwanda$228,506$347,396$274,339$431,010$211,729 $267,062
Saint Kitts and Nevis$25,561$57,348$58,475$50,823   
Saint Lucia$272,769$340,003$316,870$366,890   
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines$76,757$100,170$111,721$135,372$137,217$107,979 
Samoa$61,633$46,513$78,615$65,824$40,237$53,363$110,036
Sao Tome and Principe$15,598$24,821$20,284$15,818$29,522$58,295 
Saudi Arabia$7,415,499$11,232,935$17,250,671$151,734 $18,832,024 
Senegal$59,222$69,403$69,962$186,041$213,304$288,030$64,466
Serbia$176,351$81,579$290,613$351,543$106,834$120,154$81,287
Seychelles$158,014$279,946$261,344$166,632   
Singapore$781,414$381,444$653,714$774,806$427,922$503,578$641,220
Slovakia$251,149$417,832$420,780$350,376$262,633$395,992$938,685
Slovenia$88,341$79,565$100,347$124,860$104,236$146,472$98,705
South Africa$263,521$420,414$295,036$345,950$333,161$628,662$1,842,879
Spain$1,866,256$1,417,384$1,251,489$1,324,765$2,483,815$5,252,247 
Sri Lanka$100,482$111,169$98,938$68,627$91,755$130,064$182,427
Sudan$86,544$42,017$210,101$9,611$30,574  
Suriname$106,755$240,105$182,144$263,626$154,083$99,845$83,766
Swaziland$395,348$231,471$310,137    
Sweden$497,894$1,077,917$1,120,364$1,053,007$1,071,925$1,049,320$1,031,418
Switzerland$1,237,973$1,328,127$1,213,906$1,146,973$1,363,485$1,542,259$2,406,372
Syria$125,494$30,695 $62,885 $399,342 
Tanzania$262,254$54,230$18,765$413,135$85,546$316,880$447,414
Thailand$1,078,507$1,387,334$1,774,835$2,664,111$2,513,675$2,577,322$3,035,707
Togo$1,761    $1,077$25,405
Tonga   $40,736$10,937$6,849 
Trinidad and Tobago$559,830$570,196$479,817$752,318$561,105$1,030,961 
Tunisia$208,556$48,466$260,565$176,828$364,165$381,215 
Turkey$153,937$173,014$179,724$151,654$114,203$250,810$206,197
Uganda$17,352$48,528$87,612$199,246$70,911$197,295 
Ukraine$260,762$330,385$364,354$544,436$314,672$450,942$406,965
United Arab Emirates$773,823 $1,069,359$1,540,058   
United Kingdom$13,660,620$15,652,768$15,523,717$19,996,276$19,776,054$18,721,204$14,249,975
United States$6,595,559$7,210,255$41,311,658$36,779,147$30,832,297$30,750,245$27,583,547
Uruguay$43,888$52,218$50,400$49,656$58,579  
Vanuatu $20,359$27,570    
Venezuela$288,324$905,875$819,966$1,681,248$1,288,704$1,889,600$433,326
Vietnam$1,825,550$2,474,406$2,842,709$2,511,426$2,010,468$1,864,690 
Yemen$43,833$37,123$111,817$122,023$251,801$404,553$115,787
Zambia$91,706$68,215$120,935$239,110$108,803$250,353 
Zimbabwe$3,518$27,002$74,626$29,824$273,781$1,428,956