The export of human hair from India has been gaining momentum in recent years and has quadrupled between 2018-19 and 2022-23. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, said India is the largest source of human hair (raw material) in the world.

• She quoted the Human Hair and Hair Products Association and Plexconcil (Plastics Export Promotion Council) as the source of the Government information.
• Exports of human hairs increased 391 per cent to $169.23 million (over Rs. 1,400 crore) between 2018-19 and 2022-23.
• The value of human hair (HS Code 05010010) exported from India increased from $34.46 million in 2018-19 to $169.23 million in 2022-23.