Vietnamese shoes stand firm in Spain

The Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (FICE) said that Vietnam is securing its footwear exports to the country with a 9.6 percent share of the market accounting for 14.6 percent of its total revenues.

Last year, Vietnam has shipped 33.156 million pairs of shoes to Spain valued at EUR271.85 million, a year on year increase of 10.5 percent in quantity and 23.4 percent in value.

Despite a fall of more than 5.1 percent in export volume, China dominates this market by making up 70.6% of the total volume and 33% of total revenues.

According to FICE, Spain imported 345 million pairs worth EUR1.858 billion. Besides Vietnam and China, Italy, Portugal, Indonesia, India, France and Brazil also export footwear to Spain.

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