Italy's "24 hours Sun" (www.ilsole24ore.com) reported on February 26th that Vito Artioli, chairman of the Italy Footwear Association, told the media on the eve of the Milan shoe show that the export of Chinese and Vietnamese shoes dropped to 15.4% of Italy's exports in 2007. However, he also pointed out that the import of shoes from Macao and Kampuchea increased by 72.8% and 90.7% respectively in 2007. This is obviously a measure taken by China and Vietnam to avoid anti-dumping. In addition, we are checking that some leather shoes manufacturers in China and Vietnam have entered the EU market with the declaration of artificial leather shoes or shoe upper commercial codes.