From January to July 2020, Central American companies imported perfumes and toilet water for $17 million from Mexico, 40% less than in the same period in 2019, mainly due to the decrease in purchases from Guatemala and El Salvador.
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In the first nine months of 2019, companies in the region imported $374 million in beauty and personal care items, 5% more than reported for the same period in 2018.
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60% of the beauty and personal care products offered on the island are imported, which added to the intense tourist activity that takes place in the country, lays the foundation for many opportunities in this business.
Jamaica, which has hotel and beach spa infrastructure, attracts nearly 4.5 million visitors each year, who purchase different types of items, among which are personal care products, according to a report by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Agency.
Sri Lanka and India are some of the markets that in 2019 began to demand natural cosmetics manufactured in Guatemala.
Sri Lanka and India are two of the new markets, which have reached cosmetic products such as: essential oils, soaps and detergents, fragrances, personal care items, reported the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (AGEXPORT).
More than 22 businessmen dedicated to production and export and who are organized into 5 sub-sectors which are: essential oils, fragrances, cosmetics, personal care and detergent soaps and cleaning products. All of them gathered in the Cosmetics Commission of AGEXPORT, have been adapting to new trends which are aimed at natural raw materials, flexible packaging, among others, details the statement of the guild.
In the first six months of the year, Central American companies imported $239 million in beauty and personal care items, and imports from Colombia increased 5% over the same period in 2017.
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In the first three months of the year, Central American countries imported $116 million worth of beauty and personal care items, and $52 million were purchased by companies in Guatemala and Costa Rica.
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Between January and March of this year, companies in Guatemala imported $27 million worth of beauty and personal hygiene items, 3% more than in the same period in 2017, and 56% came from Mexico and the United States.
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Last year imports of beauty and personal care products in Central America amounted to $489 million, representing a 2% increase with respect to 2016.
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Between January and September 2017, Central American companies imported $362 million worth of beauty and personal care products, and Costa Rica and Guatemala accounted for 44% of purchases.
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Eye makeup and hair products led exports of cosmetic products in the first ten months of 2017, which amounted to about $33 million.
Eye makeup, hair products, creams, lotions, powders, lipsticks and manicure and pedicure products are the main products that Dominican companies manufacture and export, mainly to the US market.
In 2016, imports of beauty and personal hygiene products totaled $104 million, and the value imported from the United States increased 13%.
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In 2016, Central American countries imported $477 million worth of beauty and personal hygiene articles, and 60% came from Mexico, the United States and Colombia.
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The vegetarian trend has become more radical in the UK, where there is a demand for cosmetics produced free of any animal inputs.
From an article by the Costa Rican Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):
In the UK, hand in hand with the lifestyle trend of vegetarianism and veganism, there has been a growth in the demand for cosmetics which do not contain animal inputs, with some products satisfying this criteria already existing already in the market.
In 2013 the Commission of Guatemala Cosmetics is counting on growth in markets such as Panama, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
From an article published by the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport):
A year after the creation of the Commission of Cosmetics Exporters associated with AGEXPORT, the group has presented an overview of its achievements in 2012, and has an aggressive plan for 2013, in order to surpass the U.S.