In the first half of March this year, Brazil's footwear exports totaled 31 million 670 thousand pairs with a total value of US $241 million.

Despite the recovery in exports in February and March, the total in the first quarter was 12% lower than the same period last year.

In March, the total export volume of footwear industry in Brazil was 10 million 800 thousand pairs, with a total value of US $91 million 140 thousand, an increase of 15.1% over the same period last year, and continued to maintain a good momentum in February.

The foreign trade department of the Ministry of industry and foreign trade development of Brazil also confirmed that the export of leather and raw leather in Brazil also increased in March.

In the first 3 months of 2015, the total export market of Brazil leather industry totaled US $255 million, up 1% from the same period last year.

Heitor Klein, executive director of footwear export association, pointed out that the strong US dollar did not affect exports, which brought a better form of anticipation for the second half of this year.

"Export recovery is the result of the efforts of the industry to tap the international market, as well as a sign of the recovery of the world economy, not attributable to the appreciation of the dollar, because

The recovery may be more obvious in May or July.

He said.

The United States is the main destination for the footwear industry in Brazil.

In the first quarter of this year, the United States bought 3 million 160 thousand pairs of shoes, paying 41 million 530 thousand US dollars, down 5.3% compared with the same period last year.

Brazil shoes export ranked second, the total consumption of $16 million 860 thousand to buy Brazil shoes, down 12.2% compared to the same period.

Klein believes that the decision of WTO recently to eliminate illegal import barriers among neighboring countries has had a positive impact on the export of Argentina footwear to Brazil.

"Our problem in Argentina is not that demand is weak, but that protectionism should be eliminated."

He thought.

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