China: footwear export volumes hold, but value drops
Across all categories, China exported 2.1 billion pairs of footwear in the first quarter of this year, bringing in export revenues of $10.25 billion.
These figures represent only a slight fall in volume, 0.7%, but a substantial decline in value, 11.2% compared to the same period last year.
Over the same three-month period, 50 million pairs of imported shoes and boots came into China, with a value of $1.3 billion. These figures also represent falls, of 9% in volume and of 11.1% in value.
The figures for leather shoes specifically show exports of 120 million pairs in the first quarter of 2025, bringing in almost $1.75 billion. This means an increase in volume of 1% but a fall of 2.3% in value.
Over the same period, China imported 12.75 million pairs of leather shoes, with a total value of $560 million. These figures indicate a decrease of 22.4% in volume and of 20.9% in value.
