South Korea's cosmetics trade surplus tops US$10 bln for 1st time in 2025

SEOUL- South Korea's trade surplus in cosmetic products exceeded US$10 billion for the first time last year, government data showed Friday, marking a significant milestone for the country's K-beauty industry.The trade surplus in cosmetics rose 13.5 percent from a year earlier to reach $10.1 billion in 2025, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said in a press release.South Korea first posted a cosmetics trade surplus in 2012, at $90 million, and the figure has grown rapidly ever since, rising from $6.6 billion in 2022 to $7.1 billion in 2023 and $8.9 billion in 2024.Last year's cosmetics tr…READ FULL ARTICLE