2008 The First Half Of This Year, The Export Of Leather Shoes Decreased Rapidly.

2008 in the first half of the year, 560 million pairs of leather shoes were exported, 15.9% lower than the same period last year. The deceleration accelerated by 14.2 percentage points. The export amount was 4 billion 480 million US dollars, down 0.3% from the same period last year, the first decline since 2001. The imported leather shoes were 7 million 820 thousand pairs, 210 million dollars, up 78% and 81% respectively over the same period.