[Taiwan] Perfumes And Cosmetics In Taiwan

The total value of Taiwan's perfume and cosmetics market has reached 1.5BN/Euros, with stable annual growth of 4%. This market is strongly dominated by imported products (70%), which represented US$874M in 2005, up 14% on 2004. Japan is the leading country among the suppliers with 30% of imports coming from there, whereas products from France have grown significantly in perfumes (16%), care products & makeup (28%), closely following the USA. With regard to the composition of the market: care products represent 65% sales, while makeup & perfumes represent 25% & 10% respectively.