Footwear ranked fourth in the list of the leading export items of Vietnam after textiles and garments; telephones and accessories; and computers and electronics.

The country exported footwear to 45 countries and territories in the world. The exports of footwear to the U.S accounted for 32.4 per cent of the total with $ 379 million, up by 0.03 per cent year – on – year; and by 16.3 per cent, month – on – month.

The other big markets were Germany, China, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands and the U.K.

The exports of footwear to Germany reached $ 92.5 million; to China - $ 76.8 million; to Belgium - $ 75 million; to Japan - $ 70.5 million; and to the Netherlands - $ 61.4 million.

In January, the country’s exports of footwear to Ukraine increased sharply by 159 per cent year – on – year; to Portugal – up by 49 per cent; to Indonesia – up by 44 per cent; to Mexico – up by 36 per cent; to Hungary – up by 29.5 per cent. Meanwhile, the exports of footwear to Malaysia, Greece and Italy decreased by 37.8 per cent; 30 per cent; and 22 per cent, respectively.

Market	January of 2017	January of 2016	January of 2017 vs. January of 2016 (%)
Total	1,169,392,142	1,178,031,220	-0.73
The U.S	378,952,366	378,840,179	+0.03
Germany	92,521,099	83,424,524	+10.90
China	76,764,901	76,070,139	+0.91
Belgium	74,964,265	80,773,742	-7.19
Japan	70,514,330	79,347,493	-11.13
The Netherlands	61,422,773	51,016,743	+20.40
The U.K	54,664,654	62,403,108	-12.40
France	39,157,168	40,804,090	-4.04
South Korea	35,679,308	38,731,414	-7.88
Italy	29,095,969	37,246,779	-21.88
Mexico	28,683,598	21,054,253	+36.24
Spain	20,180,553	23,538,718	-14.27
Canada	19,369,861	22,929,777	-15.53
Brazil	17,306,647	14,644,256	+18.18
Australia	16,319,411	15,519,747	+5.15
Hong Kong	11,742,862	12,134,620	-3.23
The U.A.E	10,822,590	9,134,339	+18.48
South Africa	8,717,855	10,159,714	-14.19
Taiwan	8,550,848	8,402,441	+1.77
Slovakia	8,406,438	7,655,630	+9.81
Chile	8,396,995	7,775,478	+7.99
Panama	7,921,177	7,932,560	-0.14
Russia	6,496,976	6,483,579	+0.21
Sweden	6,068,561	5,214,212	+16.39
Argentina	5,971,700	6,842,680	-12.73
Czech	5,260,981	5,157,295	+2.01
Thailand	4,688,878	4,356,114	+7.64
India	4,160,045	3,291,851	+26.37
Singapore	3,923,568	4,731,592	-17.08
The Philippines	3,857,116	4,198,098	-8.12
Israel	3,675,173	2,930,467	+25.41
Denmark	3,656,143	4,161,758	-12.15
Austria	3,118,977	2,742,635	+13.72
Malaysia	3,064,565	4,923,462	-37.76
Indonesia	2,736,518	1,896,488	+44.29
Switzerland	2,490,936	1,995,203	+24.85
Norway	2,479,544	2,325,423	+6.63
Poland	2,475,037	2,241,840	+10.40
New Zealand	2,173,151	2,265,319	-4.07
Turkey	1,525,849	1,808,228	-15.62
Greece	1,277,223	1,822,287	-29.91
Finland	1,080,143	1,267,625	-14.79
Ukraine	992,378	383,490	+158.78
Portugal	242,861	162,498	+49.45
Hungary	45,921	35,460	+29.50