Exhibitors and orders down at Dongguan Shoe Fair

04/11/2011
The fourteenth Dongguan Shoe Fair opened on November 1 with 450 exhibitors in attendance.

The organisers said exhibitor numbers were 10% down on last year’s event and that fewer than 100 footwear manufacturers among them.

Manufacturers who were present told Chinese media that the number and value of orders they had signed during the event were down by as much as 66%.