Footwear: China exported more than 8 billion in the first 11 months of 2025
Figures from China for the first 11 months of last year put the volume of the country’s footwear exports at almost 8.2 billion pairs. This is a fall of 1.3% compared to the same period in 2024.
These shipments of shoes and other footwear brought export revenues of $37.6 billion into China, down by 10.7% year on year.
As part of these exports, there were 470 million pairs of leather footwear, which generated export revenues of nearly $6.6 billion, falls of 5.3% in volume and of 10.7% in value compared the January-November 2024.
Over the same period, China imported nearly 160 million pairs of shoes and other footwear, with a value of $4.9 billion. Leather footwear made up nearly 48.5 million pairs in terms of volume, contributing $2.2 billion in revenues.
Compared to the previous year, these figures for footwear imports indicate an overall decline of 14.8% in volume and of 9.3% in value. Imports of leather footwear were down sharply, by 22.9% in volume and 17.5% in value.
