about €12.6 billion
About how large was Germany's cosmetics retail market in 2008?
Germany also exported roughly €5.8 billion worth of cosmetics that year.
Source: Wikipedia (Cosmetics) (2008) en.wikipedia.org
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about $7.4 billion
China's cosmetics market was projected to reach about what size by 2021, up from $4.3 billion in 2016?
China's cosmetics market has been one of the fastest-growing in the world.
Source: Wikipedia (Cosmetics) (2021) en.wikipedia.org
50-100 million
As of 2019, about how many animals were estimated to be tested annually for cosmetics and related products worldwide?
This includes testing in countries like the U.S. and China that still permit it, even where the EU has banned it.
Source: Wikipedia (Cosmetics) (2019) en.wikipedia.org
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