China exported 10 billion pairs of shoes in 2012
26/02/2013
This represents an increase in volume of 2%. In value terms, footwear exports brought in revenues of $44.4 billion in 2012, an increase of 12.7% compared to 2011.
Footwear imports increased by 21.5% in volume to 50.3 million pairs and by 8.1% in value to $1.5 billion.
In terms of the average price per pair, exported shoes had a value of $4.44, while imported shoes had an average price of $29.82, 6.7 times higher.