Argentina imports more Chinese shoes
21/07/2011
The study put the value of footwear imports into the country in the first five months of 2011 at $193 million, an increase of just over 50% on the same period last year.
Volume increased too over the five-month period, from 6.8 million pairs to 7.6 million, an increase of 12.1%.
IES went on to say that Brazil's share of the footwear import market in Argentina reduced from 53% in the first five months of 2010 to 45.8%. At the same time, China's share increased from 22% to 29%.