Yesterday’s news that Vietnam’s leather footwear exports have risen yet again (see www.footwearbiz.com February 11, 2008) will have surprised few as they merely reflect a now long-established trend towards increased production in emerging markets, while footwear manufacturing continues to dwindle in traditional centres such as the USA and Europe. But, while there are no signs of this trend changing in the near future, Taiwan’s latest export figures delivered one or two surprises.

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