Henan
Secondary hubXuchang
This is a single-industry town: everyone you meet in Xuchang is in hair. The trade started over a century ago, when traders in central Henan began collecting and reselling human hair, growing into a complete industrial system for hair extensions, wigs, closures, frontals and hairpieces. The depth of specialised skill here — sorting and grading, chemical processing, colouring, ventilating, machine and hand weaving — does not exist at this concentration anywhere else.
The cluster works as a chain of specialists. Raw hair, much of it Indian temple hair, is imported, then graded, processed, coloured and constructed into finished goods by everyone from family workshops to large exporters supplying global beauty retailers. Because every stage is local, factories handle stock lace wigs, custom construction, colour matching and texture work alike. Xuchang is deep inland, far from any container port: hair is light and high-value, so much of the trade moves by air via Zhengzhou, with sea freight trucked to Qingdao or Tianjin. The distance from the export belt also means the city runs on its own terms: less internationalised, more relationship-driven than southern hubs.
Factory base
4,000+ hair products factories
Nearest port
Tianjin Port (10 hours by rail/truck), Qingdao Port (8 hours)
Airport
Zhengzhou Xinzheng International (CGO, 1 hour)
Logistics advantage
Hair processing infrastructure — color matching, quality grading, weaving all locally available
Best for
Hair-extension and wig buyers at every level, from e-commerce sellers placing first orders to established beauty brands and salon-supply distributors buying at volume. Xuchang is the global production centre for this category, so if you sell human-hair extensions, lace wigs, closures or toppers, this is where the real factories are. Best for buyers who want genuine Remy quality, custom colour and texture work, or consistent repeat production rather than whatever a trading company happens to hold in stock.
Manufacturing specialisations
- Human hair extensions
- Synthetic hair extensions
- Lace closures and frontals
- Full lace wigs
- Lace front wigs
- Hair pieces and toupees
Notable markets & industrial clusters
Xuchang Hair Products Industrial Park
Concentrated manufacturing zone
China Xuchang Hair Trade Market
Wholesale hair products trading
Watch-outs
Origin claims are the biggest hazard: 'Brazilian' or 'Peruvian' hair is almost always Indian hair processed in Xuchang, and synthetic blends sold as 100% human hair remain the most common scam. Inspect and test rather than trusting labels. Cuticle alignment on 'Remy' hair varies widely between suppliers and even between batches.
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