VIETNAMESE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY


Overview of the Vietnamese footwear industry
The Vietnamese footwear industry has its long history and up to now it has been considered as one of the major export industries and contributed significantly to the national social-economic development course.
There are currently about 250 companies engaged in the industry, employing a workforce of over 400,000. They are mainly located in Ho chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Binh Duong Provinces, Hanoi and Hai Phong Cities.
The annual production capacity is estimated at 420 million pairs. In 2001, Vietnam produced 320 million pairs of footwear and 292 out of them were exported and worthed at USD1575 million. The export value was increased by 7.29 per cent compared with 2000. A wide variety of footwear ranging from sandals, textile shoes to fashion leather shoes have been produced and exported to world markets.
The major export markets are EU countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy, accounting for 80 per cent of Vietnam's footwear export value. Besides, Japan, the USA, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan are also important markets.
The Vietnamese footwear industry like all most other industries is facing very tough competition from footwear exporters in the region and worldwide. To be efficient and competitive, the Vietnamese footwear industry must modernise their operation processes, enhance technology in shoemaking and designing as well as intensify their global marketing strategy.

Footwear Production 1997 - 2001
Unit: 1,000 pairs
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Sport shoes 93,360 96,390 108,702 126,470 138,299
Canvas shoes 38,900 34,690 37,270 34,080 37,786
Ladies' shoes 34,780 38,200 43,262 59,470 69,501
Others 39,000 43,370 51,582 82,780 76,428
Total 206,040 212,650 240,816 302,800 320,014

Export by Product Categories 1997 - 2001
Unit: 1,000 pairs/USD1000
Products 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value
Sport shoes 85,300 666,500 87,714 668,074 102,734 879,966 116,000 892,640 127,888 1,001,753
Canvas shoes 34,500 105,700 30,528 112,428 33,095 133,361 30,670 155,710 11,182 26,316
Ladies' shoes 30,200 140,500 34,377 143,244 39,201 182,099 54,710 231,840 64,189 283,943
Others 26,100 51,800 32,933 77,076 46,171 111,979 75,220 187,810 88,575 263,145
Total 176,100 964,500 185,552 1,000,822 221,201 1,334,423 276,600 1,468,000 291,834 1,575,157


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