During a press conference held yesterday in Düsseldorf at the GDS trade fair, APICCAPS (Portuguese Footwear, Components and Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association) revealed that the most recent World Footwear estimates for the 2013 worldwide production of footwear have crossed the 22 billion pair threshold for the first time.


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