Vietnam`s footwear wins Spanish market

Buenos Aires (VNA) - Vietnam ranks second among footwear exporters to
Spain , said the Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (FICE).

The Southeast Asian nation exported 33.1 million pairs of shoes to Spain for
271.8 million EUR in 2008, year-on-year rises of 10.5 percent in volume and 23.4
percent in value.

According to FICE, Vietnam 's footwear accounted for 9.6 percent of the volume
and 14.6 percent of the value of the southern European nation's total imports.


China continues dominating the Spanish market last year with 243.6 million
pairs of shoes valued at 613.7 million EUR shipped to the southern European
market. China 's footwear exports made up 70.6 percent of the volume and 33
percent of the value of Spain 's total imports.

FICE statistics showed that Spain imported 345.03 million pairs of shoes worth
more than 1.8 billion EUR in 2008, a decrease of 2.2 percent in volume but an
increase of more than six percent in value.

In addition to China and Vietnam , Spain also imports footwear from Italy ,
Portugal , Indonesia , India , France and Brazil.-Enditem