According to the figures from the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s exports of footwear to foreign markets increased for the second consecutive month, in October of 2019 it increased by 20.4 per cent, in November of 2019, it increased by 6.9 per cent, reaching 1.7 billion USD. As comparison to November of 2018 it also increased by 11.6 per cent. Generally, the exports of this commodity group in the first 11 months of 2019 increased by 13 per cent over the same period of 2018, reaching 16.55 billion USD.

The leading footwear export markets of Vietnam with the export turnover of over 1 billion USD included the US, EU, China and Belgium; in which the exports to the US reached over 5.96 billion USD, accounting for 36 per cent of the total export turnover of this group of the country, up by 13.3 per cent compared to the first 11 months of 2018. The exports to the EU market reached over 4.54 billion USD, accounting for 27.5 per cent of the total, up by 8.3 per cent. The exports to China reached 1.63 billion, up by 20.8 per cent over the same period last year, accounting for 9.9 per cent of the total turnover; to Belgium reached 1.05 billion USD, up by 20.2 per cent over the same period, accounting for 6.4 per cent.