A sector growing abroad and a regulation that does not forgive
Cosmetics exports grow every year, and it is also one of the sectors where an export falls over a botched registration. Exporta.ai tells you what each country demands before you ship, and who distributes your category there.

What stops a cosmetics export
CPNP notification in the EU, NMPA registration in China, their own requirements in the Gulf and Latin America. It is not paperwork for later: without it the product does not enter.
A formula that is legal in Europe may carry an ingredient restricted elsewhere. You find out at registration, which is the worst possible moment.
Perfumery, pharmacy, specialist retail and e-commerce buy differently. Picking the wrong channel costs the season.
How Exporta.ai handles it
What is required, before you ship
The report collects the access requirements for your category in that country with their source, and flags what it could not verify instead of taking it as given.
Distributors with an email that works
We find the distributors in your category and the purchasing person, and each email arrives marked as verified, likely or unconfirmed: a bounce is not just a lost email, it is sender reputation burned.
The first email, written from what you know about them
The AI drafts the opening email using what is known about the company and the person, in their language. You review it and send it; you do not face the blank page forty times.
They had Middle East orders stalled because nobody knew which registration was needed. The report said so with its source and ruled out one market over a restricted ingredient before the batch was made; the other two went ahead.
An illustrative example of typical use; it does not describe a specific customer.
No, and that is worth saying plainly: it tells you which one is required, for which category, and where that requirement comes from. Filing belongs to a regulatory consultant, and arriving knowing what is needed saves you the expensive part.
Yes. The search starts from how you describe your ideal customer, so “certified natural cosmetics distributor for pharmacy” searches for that and not a generic list of perfumeries.
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Trade data for this sector
Which tariff chapters it covers, which countries buy the most and which trade fairs matter, with official figures.
Tariff chapters in this sector
- Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals; of rare earth metals, of radio-active elements and of isotopesChapter 28
- Organic chemicalsChapter 29
- Pharmaceutical productsChapter 30
- Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints, varnishes; putty, other mastics; inksChapter 32
- Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparationsChapter 33
- Soap, organic surface-active agents; washing, lubricating, polishing or scouring preparations; artificial or prepared waxes, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, dental waxes and dental preparations with a basis of plasterChapter 34
- Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymesChapter 35
- Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparationsChapter 36
- Chemical products n.e.c.Chapter 38
Main importing markets
USD · 2025| Country | Imports (USD) |
|---|---|
| United States | 396,680,422,491 |
| Germany | 186,853,980,107 |
| China | 166,813,784,685 |
| Italy | 108,202,467,790 |
| Switzerland | 97,981,675,213 |
| France | 92,568,472,106 |
| Belgium | 77,873,525,571 |
| Netherlands | 74,904,750,077 |
| Japan | 69,817,856,908 |
| United Kingdom | 68,340,882,490 |
| Spain | 61,429,307,494 |
| India | 59,882,400,944 |
| Canada | 51,570,539,989 |
| South Korea | 50,314,119,842 |
| Brazil | 47,120,660,207 |
Imports declared by each country from the world. Countries report with a delay: the period is the latest with consolidated data.
Source: UN ComtradeData for 2025Verified on 9 November 2026