The European Union’s (EU) tariffs on leather shoes imported from Vietnam and China will expire at the end of March, following a decision to do away with the duties. Vietnam’s trade mission in the EU, Belgium and Luxembourg quoted the European Commission (EC) spokesman John Clancy as saying “given that the European shoemakers’ association has [...]
The Brazilian Footwear Industry Association (Abicalçados) is preparing a dossier demanding expansion of anti-dumping investigations into the imports of shoes with detachable parts to the country. The Vietnam Trade Office in Brazil says Abicalcados President Milton Cardoso has expressed his concern over Brazil’s footwear import growth over the past 11 months from Asian countries such [...]
Domestic shoemakers expect to export goods worth US$5.4 billion by the year-end, industry leaders say. Nguyen Duc Thuan, chairman of the Viet Nam Leather and Footwear Association (Lefaso) said at a press conference last week that more than 500 leather-shoe makers were confident that the industry’s export value would reach record figures this year. The [...]
Viet Nam’s footwear industry earned US$1.36 billion from exports in the first four months of this year, a modest increase of 5.7 per cent from a year ago. It is expected that the sector, the fourth largest exporter in the world, will continue to meet difficulties in the coming months. On average, the industry exports [...]
The Leather and Shoe Research Institute has released a long-term development draft in which the industry is expected to earn US$16.5 billion from exports by 2020 if the GDP growth is maintained at 7.5%. This year, leather shoe exports and other leather products would reach US$6.2 billion if the GDP growth rate and GDP-per-capita was [...]
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