France experienced a trade deficit on makeup and skincare products with Korea for the first time in 2025
Last week I published a post on Korea's rise as the second largest global beauty exporter, surpassing the USA for…
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Korea’s skincare takeover is just getting started
South Korea became the world's second-largest beauty exporter in 2025, surpassing the United States with €10bn in exports and behind France with €23.3 billion. Korea also overtook France as the…
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Korea is now the world’s second largest beauty exporter. France is still far ahead but the gap in skincare and makeup is closing
With $10bn in beauty exports in 2025, Korea overtook the United States to become the world's second largest beauty exporter,…
From Dubai to Warsaw: the ten countries that grew their beauty exports fastest between 2016 and 2025
Based on ITC Trademap export data covering skincare, makeup, fragrance and haircare, the UAE was by far the fastest growing…
From €148m to €871m in four years: how APR is rewriting the beauty playbook
APR, the Seoul-based parent company of Medicube, more than doubled its sales in 2025 to €871 million (1527bn wons), posting…