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Exports are the future for La Rioja footwear firms

12/03/2013
The president of La Rioja’s regional government, Pedro Sanz, travelled to Madrid on March 11 to support footwear brands from his autonomous community who took part in the most recent edition of the Modacalzado exhibition in the Spanish capital.

Afterwards, Mr Sanz said that exporting shoes to customers outside Spain should be the focus for shoe manufacturers from La Rioja. He announed that the region had brought in export revenues of EUR 177.1 million from footwear in 2012 and that the shoe sector had consolidated its position as La Rioja’s second-most important export industry, after wine.

Shoes accounted for just over 12% of all of La Rioja’s exports last year, and he said there were now 128 businesses, mostly in and around the town of Arnedo, shipping shoes to other markets.

Nine Riojan companies took part in the March edition of Modacalzado: Calzados Boss, Calzados Gaimo, Calzados H2O, Calzados Hergar, Calzados Nuevo Milenio, Calzados Postigo, Market Shoes, José Sáenz and Vidorreta.




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