Footwear growth gives Valencia a boost

20/02/2015
Footwear producers in the Valencia region have reported 27% growth in shoe exports in 2014. The region includes Spain’s biggest shoe-producing area, centred on Elche, Elda and Petrer, in the province of Alicante.

Shoes form part of the wider export category of manufactured consumer products, for which the region reported growth of 16% and total export earnings for the year of just over €3 billion.