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After a Decade of Steady Growth, the Average Export Price of Footwear Dipped to $11.47 in 2024

Premium ContentSep 2, 2025 / World Footwear Yearbook
This is one of the key conclusions of the data published in the World Footwear Yearbook 2025, recently released by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association. Get access to all relevant facts and figures of the industry

Footwear production rebounds in 2024

Premium ContentAug 26, 2025 / World Footwear Yearbook
Last year, global footwear production recovered, increasing by 6.9% and regaining the 1.5 billion pairs lost in 2023. This is one of the key conclusions of the data published in the World Footwear Yearbook 2025, recently released by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association

Global Footwear Exports Increase in 2024 and China Continues to Lose Share

Premium ContentAug 19, 2025 / World Footwear Yearbook
This is one of the main conclusions of the data published in the World Footwear Yearbook 2025, recently released by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association

Gradual Growth in Asian Footwear Consumption Endures

Premium ContentAug 12, 2025 / World Footwear Yearbook
This is one of the key findings of the data published in the World Footwear Yearbook 2025, just released by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association. Get access to your copy today

Footwear production rebounds in 2024

Aug 5, 2025 / World Footwear Yearbook
Last year, global footwear production recovered, increasing by 6.9% and regaining the 1.5 billion pairs lost in 2023. This is one of the key conclusions of the data published in the World Footwear Yearbook 2025, just released by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association

2024: footwear production rebounds, exports rise in volume but not in value

Jul 31, 2025 / World Footwear Yearbook
In 2024, global footwear production recovered, increasing by 6.9% and regaining the 1.5 billion pairs lost in 2023. Footwear exports also improved in volume, rising by 4.6% compared to the previous year. However, the total export value remained nearly flat, growing by just 0.1%. These are some of the key conclusions of the data published in the World Footwear Yearbook 2025, just released by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear Association

Bangladesh: leather and non-leather footwear exports on the rise in 2024-2025

Jun 20, 2025 / Bangladesh
Data from the Export Promotion Bureau reveals that Bangladesh’s footwear sector has shown an upward trend between July 2024 and May 2025, across both the leather and non-leather segments

French footwear exports decline, while imports remain flat

Jun 6, 2025 / France
According to the Alliance France de Cuir, exports of French footwear decreased by 4% year-on-year to 1.32 billion euros in the first quarter, while imports remained flat at 2.09 billion euros

April dip in Brazilian footwear exports linked to sluggish US demand

May 21, 2025 / Brazil
Following a strong start to the year, Brazilian footwear exports slowed in April, as US buyers reduced orders due to high inventory levels resulting from stockpiling in late 2024

Early signs of supply chain disruption from the recent trade war

May 15, 2025 / United States
Import cargo at major US container ports is expected to decline year-on-year for the first time in over a year and a half in May, as the effects of the trade war on the supply chain start to become apparent

India’s leather, non-leather footwear and leather products exports rise by 25% in 2024-2025

May 6, 2025 / India
India’s exports of leather, non-leather footwear and leather products grew by around 25% year-on-year to 5.7 billion US dollars in fiscal 2024-25, according to the Council for Leather Exports (CLE)

Vietnam opens trade talks with the US over looming tariffs

Apr 25, 2025 / Vietnam
Vietnam and the US have formally opened talks over the Trump administration’s threat to impose a 46% tariff on goods from the Southeast Asian country, according to state media reports

EU and UAE agree to open free trade talks

Apr 17, 2025 / European Union
The European Union (EU) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to start Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations. The European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) has welcomed this move

Bangladeshi leather footwear exports continue to grow

Apr 15, 2025 / Bangladesh
Leather footwear exports are underpinning the positive performance of the leather industry in the fiscal year 2024-2025, according to the Export Promotion Bureau of the Government of Bangladesh

China hits back with 125% tariffs on US goods

Apr 14, 2025 / China
China has retaliated against Donald Trump’s latest round on tariffs by raising duties on all US goods to 125% and dismissing the administration’s actions as a “joke”
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