The National Leather Council of France (Conseil National du Cuir) noted that the export of shoes in 2021 grew at a faster pace than imports. Thus, in 2021, French footwear exports amounted to 119,5 million pairs, in monetary terms - about 4 billion euros, which reflects an increase of 15% compared to the previous year 2020, when trade was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, France imported €6,7 billion worth of footwear, up 12%, according to Worldfootwear.com.
Last year, France became the world's 10th largest footwear exporter with a 1,9% share of global exports and the 3rd largest importer with 6,4% of imports.
The main markets for French shoes are European countries, which account for 92% of the total. In 2021, Spain ranked first with 22,8 million pairs, followed by Italy (18,2 million), Germany (15,6 million) and Poland (11,7 million).
Last year, total leather exports from France grew by 23% to 14,7 billion euros, while imports grew by 14% to 11 billion euros. The country accounted for 5,9% of global leather goods exports, up 2019% since 11.
Leather goods accounted for 68% of exports, footwear for 27%, raw materials for 3%, and gloves and clothing for 2%.
China was the main export market for the French leather industry (up 36% year-on-year), with leather purchases of €2,25 billion. France's leather goods exports to the US also showed an increase (37% year-on-year) to 1,42 billion euros. Spain (up 26%), Italy (up 18%) and Germany (up 7%) lead among European importers of French leather goods.
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