China Has Become The World'S Largest Footwear Producer And Exporter.

Wang Hanjiang, President of China Chamber of Commerce for import and export of Arts and crafts, said at the founding meeting of the Chinese footwear industry association in August 24th that since the reform and opening up, especially in recent years, China's footwear industry has developed rapidly, producing about 10000000000 pairs of shoes each year, and exported 7 billion 800 million pairs in 2006, making it the largest footwear production and export country in the world.

However, the product quality is relatively low and the unit price is relatively low.

Wang Hanjiang said that while China's footwear industry is developing rapidly, there are still some problems, such as the smaller scale of production enterprises, the volume of export growth, the overall profit margin, the concentration of the export market and the backward marketing mode.

In 2006, 7 billion 800 million pairs of Chinese shoes were exported, amounting to $21 billion 800 million, with an average price of only $2.8.

In the first half of this year, 4 billion 400 million pairs of Chinese shoes were exported, with an amount of US $12 billion, and the average unit price decreased slightly.

The United States is China's largest export market for footwear.

In 2006, about 2000000000 pairs of shoes exported to the United States amounted to US $7 billion 600 million, accounting for 34.9% of the total export volume of footwear in the country.

Shoes exported to the US are mainly low and medium priced, with an average price less than 1/3 of Italy's shoes.

In order to promote the pformation of China's footwear industry to the mode of trade growth and promote the brand building and upgrading of the footwear industry in China, the Chinese footwear industry association jointly sponsored by China Light Industry Crafts Import and Export Chamber of Commerce, China Leather Association, Hongkong Footwear Association, Guangdong Footwear Manufacturers Association, Wenzhou shoe leather industry association and so on, was formally established in Beijing in August 24th.