World Footwear Yearbook
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Today we reach out to all our readers to ask your comments about this news platform and our main communication and information tools. Your opinion is important to improve and deliver relevant data and intelligence to the footwear business on a daily basisFootwear consumption to decline 22.5% in 2020 as supply chain gets re-organised
The World Footwear' experts panel is foreseeing a drop in global footwear consumption of 22.5% in the current year. Read the main conclusions on the impacts of Covid-19 in the footwear industryJoin the second edition of the World Footwear Business Conditions Survey
The WorldFootwear.com is asking all experts within the footwear industry to share their views about the current business situation and assess the impacts of Covid-19. We want to hear your viewsPortuguese exports grow for 8 consecutive years
Since 2010 Portuguese footwear exports increased by 50% from 1 297 million euros in that year to a new record of 1 923 million euros in 2016. In the first half of 2017 positive growth continuedJapanese imports slow down
The Japanese market is one of the most important ones for footwear companies. Imports of footwear by this Asian country registered a decline of 5.1% in the first semester of 2017Signs of recovery in Brazil
One of the largest footwear producers is still very closed to international trade and focused on its internal market. Notwithstanding, in the first half of the year Brazilian exports grew in volume and value. Production is on a growing trend as wellLargest footwear importer slows down
The world’s largest importer, the US, reduced its imports in 2016. The trend continues with a slight decrease in value terms (-1.7%) occurred in the first semester of the current yearThe recovery of Russian imports
In the first semester of 2017, footwear imports by Russia increased by 41.9% in volume and by 32.6% in value. After the growth registered in 2016, the country seems to be on the recovery pathVietnam footwear exports on the rise
According to Lefaso, the local association, Vietnam’s footwear exports in the first half of the current year have reached 7.06 billion US dollars, a 13.2% increase from similar period last yearIndian footwear exports slow down
The second largest footwear producer has registered a drop in exports in the first half of 2017. Declines in most of the country's main destination markets- 1