From July to March 2023, Bangladeshi’s total leather exports increased only by 2.56% year-over-year, reflecting a deceleration in the category exports since the start of the year
In March, Brazil's footwear exports declined by 11.4% in volume and by 2.6% in value, as compared to the same month of 2022, reflecting the slowdown of the global economy
According to the Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo), the country's footwear exports may fall by about between 35% to 40% in 2023 to 4.64 billion euros, as compared to the previous year
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), footwear exports grew substantially from July 2022 through February 2023, while leather exports followed the opposite direction
Today, we bring you our new country snapshot, this time focusing on Canada, the 16th largest importer of footwear in 2021 (value terms). In that year, consumption of footwear reached 128 million pairs, in a market of 38 million people whose GDP per capita ranks amongst the highest in the world
From July to February 2023, the Asian country's total leather exports totalled 832.4 million US dollars, up by 6.05% year-over-year, but down by 9.98% from the target set for the period
German footwear exports in 2022 grew in value by 19.4% over the prior year, totalling 9.6 billion euros, says the Federal Association of the German Footwear and Leather Goods Industry (HDS/L)
Brazilian footwear exports grew in both volume and value in January 2023, year-over-year, with shipments to EU countries offsetting the drop recorded in the US and Argentine markets
Portuguese footwear and leather goods exports reached 2.35 million euros in 2022, a new all-time high, up by 22.2% as compared to the prior year. All segments registered significant growth
The Italian leather goods industry grew from January to September 2022, but concerns over costs' increases and the situation in China are raising sirens in the industry
According to Abicalçados, last year, Brazil exported 141.9 million pairs of shoes, generating over 1.3 billion USD, up by 14.8% in volume and 45.5% in value, as compared to 2021
In the first nine months of 2022, Italian shoemakers' turnover increased by 13.9%, year-over-year. But growth is not alike among companies, says Assocalzaturifici, highlighting the rising costs
From April to October 2022, India's leather footwear exports rose by 32%, year-over-year, reaching 1.46 billion USD. This segment represented about 45% of total India's leather exports
The slowdown of Brazilian footwear exports is in line with the worsening of international macroeconomic conditions, but year-to-date performance remains overall positive
From July through November 2022, leather footwear exports were the only ones among the leather sector to exceed the strategic target set for the period, whereas all the others fell short