The organisers of International Leather Week, the showpiece event for the Spanish footwear and leather goods sectors, have reported that visitor levels at the 2003 spring show were up by a massive 24% on the year before.

Held March 28-30 at the Juan Carlos I Exhibition Centre on the outskirts of Madrid, the event attracted 22,485 visitors, of whom 12.6% or 2,847 were from outside the country.  Previewing collections from autumn-winter 2003, the event also featured the participation of 708 companies, which was itself a record.  Despite the international situation, visitors from North and South America were up 22% on the year before,  while no change was seen in the number of visitors from the Middle East. 

The figures were recorded against the backdrop of 0.75% increase in the value of Spanish footwear exports in 2002, to $2.4 billion.

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