The data compiled by CICEG shows that last year Spain exported 696 924 pairs of shoes to Mexico, worth 26.5 million US dollars (38.10 US dollars per pair), which reflects a decline in volume of 13.9% over 2020. From Italy, Mexico purchased 466 048 pairs of shoes, at the value of 95.5 million US dollars (205.02 US dollars per pair), down in volume by 1.7% on a comparable basis to the prior year. In the rank of the 10 biggest importers of footwear for Mexico, Spain and Italy occupy the 8^th and 9^th place, with a share of 0.72% and 0.48%. There are no other European countries in the list.

Overall, in 2021, the Central-American country imported 96 million pairs of shoes, recovering from the drop of 28% in 2020 (72 million pairs) over 2019 (101 million pairs). From these, 55.36% came from China (up by 37.48%), 22.92% from Vietnam (up by 23.25%), 11.62% from Indonesia (up by 46.53%), 2.22% from India (up by 50.08%), 1.82% from Brazil (up by 0.39%), 1.66% from Cambodia (up by 41.72%), and 1.11% Guatemala (up by 9.93%). After Spain and Italy, Myanmar closed the ranking with a share of 0.40% (down by 24.13%).

CICEG also informed that Mexican footwear exports, which had a severe fall of 32% in 2020 (15 million pairs), as compared to 2019 (22 million pairs), recovered last year: the country sent abroad  29 million pairs.