Strong four-month showing for Vietnamese exports

12/05/2011
Vietnam has estimated total export values of $26.9 billion across all categories for the first four months of 2011.

Leather footwear and other leathergoods had a share in this total of just over $2.1 billion, compared to $1.6 billion for the same four months in 2010, growth of 31% year on year. Footwear's share of the leather industry total was nearly $1.75 billion, registering year-on-year growth in its own right of 28.5%.

During the month of April alone, exports of shoes from Vietnam earned $430 million against $350 million in the same month in 2010.