According to Abicalçados - Brazilian Association of  Footwear Manufacturers – in the first half of the 2003, the country’s footwear exports increased 4% to US$ 737 million compared with the year previous.  Between January and May, the increase was 14% in volume terms, to 88.5 million pairs. In June, exports were up 5% by value on the year before to $121 million, and 3% up on the previous month. 

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