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Argentine shoe import controls affect Brazil the most

05/01/2012
A new report on the footwear industry in Argentina shows that between January and November 2011, the value of shoe imports into the country increased by 38.9% compared to the first eleven months of 2010. The value for 2011 was $468.4 million, compared to $337.1 million for the same period the previous year.

Argentina has a series of import control measures in place to help preserve jobs in its domestic footwear industry. The authors of the report, consultancy IES, say that these measures appear to have affected major exporters in Asia far less than they have producers in neighbouring Brazil.

Imports over the period in question from Brazil fell by 2.3 million pairs from 2010 to 2011, while footwear imported from China, Vietnam and Indonesia went up by 3.3 million pairs.

Across the board, imports of plastic and rubber shoes increased in value by 30.9% but decreased in volume by 7.1%. Imports of shoes made from textiles fell both in value and in volume, by 26.7% and 3.8% respectively. For imported leather shoes, the corresponding figures were an increase in value of 41.4% and in volume of 27.3%.

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