International Trade

Tariffs on footwear delayed to December

Aug 14, 2019 / United States

The US-China trade war has a new chapter. After Mr Trump announced added tariffs of 10% on the remaining 300 billion US dollars in goods from China, now their application on certain footwear items is delayed to December

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World Footwear Yearbook 2019: rebalancing Europe and Asia

Aug 6, 2019 / World Footwear Yearbook

The World Footwear Yearbook 2019 has been published by APICCAPS and it contains the main highlights of the industry in 2018, which can be immediately incorporated in the strategy of global footwear companies

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Lefaso: Vietnam is already taking advantage of the US-China trade war

Premium ContentAug 5, 2019 / Vietnam

As the trade war between the two countries enters a new chapter, the worldfootwear.com spoke to Nguyen Duc Thuan, Chairman of Lefaso, the Vietnamese footwear association, to discuss this and other hot topics of the industry

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President Trump announces more tariffs

Aug 2, 2019 / United States

The announcement was via Twitter yesterday: the US will impose added tariffs of 10% on the remaining 300 billion US dollars in goods from China. This decision can likely include all footwear from China

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Indian exports reach 5.69 billion US dollars

Jul 30, 2019 / India

India’s export of leather and leather products for the last financial year reached 5 691.00 million US dollars, compared to 5 740.97 million US dollars in the previous year. This represents a small decline of 0.87%

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China's GDP growth slows to 27-years low

Jul 24, 2019 / China

The economic growth of the Asian giant slowed to 6.2% in the second quarter of the fiscal year, reflecting the weakest pace in the last decades. The US-China trade war is starting to pressure economic growth, analysts say

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CEC: getting close to free access to Mercosur

Jul 23, 2019 / CEC

European footwear companies can start counting down to export their leather shoes to Mercosur countries free of import duties. Luís Onofre, CEC's President, comments the agreement

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Heitor Klein (ABICALÇADOS): EU-Mercosur brings challenges but will result in gains for all

Premium ContentJul 22, 2019 / Brazil

The words are from Heitor Klein, the man who headed Abicalçados in the last 6 years. As Klein prepares to step down from the Presidency, we took the opportunity to discuss the main trends of the footwear industry and bring you the highlights of that conversation today

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Sri Lanka and Pakistan to strengthen their ties

Jul 22, 2019 / Pakistan

The Consul General of Sri Lanka in Pakistan and representatives of the Pakistan Footwear Manufacturers Association (PFMA) gathered to discuss further opportunities of developing the ties within the footwear sector in both countries

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Brazil: exports decrease in June

Jul 17, 2019 / Brazil

There was a decrease in footwear exports in the last month of the semester. Data prepared by the Brazilian Footwear Industries Association (Abicalçados) indicates that 6.4 million pairs were shipped in the sixth month of the year

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Indian leather fears supply chain crisis

Jul 17, 2019 / India

The leather industry in India is claiming attention for the impacts of the recent decision to impose a sharp export duty cut on raw leather and hide from 60% to 40% in the 2019 Union Budget. The 15% export duty on East Indian tanned leather was also abolished

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Leather industry in Kenya claims export's duty revision

Jul 11, 2019 / Kenya

Traders affiliated in the East Africa Hides and Skins Association gathered and renew their demands for a revised export duty on raw hides and skins in the East African market to safeguard the industry

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The treaty with the greatest global impact

Jul 9, 2019 / World

The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed 5 centuries ago, in the Spanish city with the same name and divided the world - discovered and undiscovered - in two parts, giving the exploitation rights to Portugal and Spain

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Bangladesh: leather sector closes the year on the red

Jul 9, 2019 / Bangladesh

Notwithstanding the good performance of leather footwear exports, the leather industry as a whole registered a decline of 6.06% in revenue. The industry closed financial year 2018-19 below the target set for exports

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