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Heading in chapter 05 — Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified

Human hair, unworked

Human Hair, Unworked, Whether Or Not Washed Or Scoured; Waste Of Human Hair

$269MIndia’s exports in 2025
5countries bought from India in 2025
3.8×change since 2013 ($72M)
75%of chapter 05 exports

India’s exports, year by year

US$, calendar years, all destinations combined. Source: UN Comtrade (India’s own reports).

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. Myanmar
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Viet Nam
  4. Brazil
  5. China

Ranked by value. Country-by-country figures are not shown.

What's inside 0501

1 codes India exports
0501.00Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair$269M in 2025 — 100% of the total

Other codes in chapter 05

0504Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof…$60M in 20250506Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated…$11M in 20250507Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws…$5.7M in 20250510Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk$4.8M in 20250508Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked$3.6M in 20250511Animal products not elsewhere specified or included$2.1M in 20250502Pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair$820K in 20250505Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of…$10K in 2025