Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
11800 Penang
Malaysia
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Malaysian Cosmetic Market: Current and Future Prospects
Author(s): Mohamed Azmi HassaliMohamed Azmi Hassali
The cosmetic industry has been expanding rapidly in both developed and developing countries. The cosmetics market in Asia seems to be one of the fastest growing markets. The market value of the Asia Pacific has increased to more than US$70 billion, which is the second highest market after the Western European market. As reported in 2013, Malaysian spent about US$407 million on cosmetics and toiletries products and this demand was mainly met by imports. The skin care products are the main driver of the cosmetics markets, which represent value of US$229 million followed by eye color cosmetics with value of US$20.6 million. In 2013, Malaysia imported about US$295 million worth of cosmetics .. Read More»
DOI:
10.4172/2167-7689.1000155
Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs: Open Access received 533 citations as per Google Scholar report