The U.S was the country’s biggest export market of footwear of all kinds with $ 506.25 million, up by 33.6 per cent year – on – year and accounted for 35.7 per cent of the total.  

The exports of footwear to China increased sharply by 68.8 per cent compared with the same period last year to $ 129.55 million; to Japan – up by 39.6 per cent to $ 98.4 million; to Germany – down by 7.2 per cent to $ 85.91 million; to Belgium – up by 11 per cent to $ 83.54 million.

Meanwhile, the exports of footwear to EU accounted for 29.5 per cent of the total with $ 417.6 million, up by 3.5 per cent.

In the first month of this year, the country’s exports of footwear to India increased sharply by 138.8 per cent to $ 9.93 million; to China – up by 68.8 per cent to $ 129.55 million; to Singapore – up by 67 per cent to $ 6.55 million; to Portugal – up by 58.5 per cent to $ 0.38 million; to Argentina – up by 54.3 per cent to $ 9.21 million; to Taiwan – up by 51.5 per cent to $ 12.96 million.

This year, the footwear and leather industry aims at reaching the export turnover of $ 20 billion, up by 10 per cent over the year of 2017.