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 [...]
Nervous after last year’s big drop in export demand, footwear producers think that they need to sell shoes on the domestic market too. However, it won’t be easy. Ironically, though Vietnam is now one of the major suppliers of both dress and sports shoes to the world market, with many companies skilled at making high-fashion [...]
The country’s footwear industry expects robust export growth this year despite ongoing concerns about anti-dumping duties in the European Union (EU) market, a recent study finds. A survey by the US-based non-profit Kearny Alliance Foundation shows that 90 per cent of footwear exporters anticipate export growth this year, and 47 per cent will target the [...]
Vietnam is in 4th position among ten leading countries in the world in footwear exports. The country’s footwear products are available in 50 countries, mainly trainers, canvas shoes, leather shoes and sandals. Now the footwear industry ranks 3rd place in Vietnam, just behind garments and crude oil in terms of total export turnover. However, 70 [...]
Turkey has decided to extend punitive tariffs against Vietnamese shoe imports for an additional period of three years – until August 2012 — according to the Vietnam Competition Authority. Turkey has provided evidence that its domestic shoemaking industry was badly affected by increased imports during 2006-09, saying it is a reason for extending the protectionist [...]
A European court has rejected an appeal by a number of Hong Kong and China-based shoemakers against import duties levied by the European Commission on shoes originating from China and Vietnam. Luxembourg-based EU General Court dismissed on Thursday all five appeals lodged by the companies against a decision by the EU’s executive arm to impose [...]
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