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Four Chilean manufacturers now export shoes

29/03/2017
Chile exported 308,840 pairs of shoes during 2016, a 3.09% increase compared to the previous year, according to a report from national footwear association Fedeccal.

These exports were worth $5.93 million, down 4.85% year-on-year. The average price of each pair was $19.21, a 7.7% drop compared to 2015. 

The total number of companies exporting from Chile fell from 63 to 48 in 2016. Of these companies, only 4 manufacture their shoes in the country, with the rest re-exporting products imported from other countries. 

Latin America is the destination for 71% of Chile’s shoe exports, the report reveals, with Peru the largest market. In 2016, it imported 102,613 pairs for a value of $2.1 million.

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