The last decade has seen strong growth of footwear exports worldwide with volume increasing by 25% to 13.9 billion pairs and value by 78%, to 122 billion dollars, according to the latest edition of the World Footwear Yearbook launched by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear, Components and Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association.

However, over the last two years exports have fallen by 6% in volume and by 8% in value. This suggests that a new phase in the development of the industry may have arrived.


As such, exports are reflecting the trend also observed in production in recent years. According to the same source, the worldwide footwear production stalled at 23 billion pairs in the last two years, after climbing 15% between 2010 and 2014 (read full article by following this link).


The World Footwear is a project developed since 2011 by APICCAPS, the Portuguese Footwear, Components and Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association. As part of this initiative, APICCAPS just launched the 7th edition of the World Footwear Yearbook, which analyses the most important trends within the worldwide footwear industry. Statistics are presented to year 2016 both in quantity and value, giving a picture of the positioning of the main players in terms of production, consumption, exports and imports. The publication also includes individual analysis of dozens of markets.