Vietnamese footwear exports target usd6 billion in 2011

Vietnam’s footwear exports would likely to achieve its annual export target of USD6 billion, the Vietnam Leather and Footweqar Association (Lefaso) said Wednesday. According to Lefaso, Vietnam’s footwear exports in July hit USD600 million, prompting total earnings in the first seven months to reach USD3.62 billion, up 30.7 percent year-on-year. With current market prospects, Vietnam’s [...]

Footwear exports hit new high

Footwear exports last month hit US$600 million, pushing total earnings in the first seven months this year to $3.62 billion, an increase of 30.7 per cent over last year, according to the General Statistics Office. General Secretary of the Viet Nam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso) Nguyen Thi Tong said that with current market prospects, [...]

Footwear firms hindered by lack of materials

Many footwear firms designing products for the local market are facing severe difficulties caused by a lack of materials, especially leather, in the industry. In a seminar last week in HCMC, 12 local companies showcased original shoe designs in a bid to encourage firms in the industry to create their own footwear products rather than [...]

Vietnam’s footwear production on the rise

In the first half of 2011, Vietnamese footwear production witnessed an increase of more than 30 percent over the same period last year. Footwear remains one of Vietnam’s key exports, ranking third after textiles and crude oil, with its revenue reached nearly US$3 billion. Domestic consumers have changed their tastes from buying cheaper rubber sandals [...]

Footwear exports hit record high in June

Monthly leather and footwear exports for the first time exceeded the threshold of US$600 million in June, according to the General Statistics Office. June’s export earnings of $610 million lifted the industry’s exports in the first six months of the year to nearly $3 billion, up 31 per cent from the same period last year, [...]

Footwear exports hit record high

In the first half of this year, Vietnam’s footwear export turnover reached nearly US$3 billion, up 31 percent over the same period last year. In June alone, export earnings hit a six-month record high of more than US$610 million. This was the first month since early this year footwear exports have surpassed the US$600 million [...]

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