With some 250 million pairs of shoes produced in Türkiye every year, the country ranks 10th in world footwear production, coming just after Spain and Portugal.

Around half of the shoes produced are leather, but with a domestic market of some 68 million people, only 25 or 30%, worth about US$100 million goes to export. Imported footwear clocked up sales of $160 million in 2002.

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