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Twenty-nine Brazilian footwear brands to attend Expo Riva Schuh
Twenty-nine Brazilian footwear brands will be attending Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags, scheduled in the Italian town of Riva del Garda from Jan. 10 to 13, according to the Brazilian footwear association Abicalçados. The delegation is supported by Brazilian Footwear, a program to promote footwear exports managed by Abicalçados ...
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BFShow attracts over 10,000 visitors
BFShow, the trade show promoted by the Brazilian footwear association Abicalçados in partnership with NürnbergMesse Brasil, attracted more than 10,000 visitors to its fitth edition, held in São Paulo from Nov. 10 to 12. Foreign visitors totalled 1,300, coming from 46 countries. BFShow, through its Programa Comprador scheme, brought ...
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ArticleBrazilian exports hit by US tariffs
In August, Brazilian footwear exports fell by 0.5 percent year-over-year in volume to 7.64 million pairs and by 9.1 percent in value to $77 million after the US introduced a 50 percent import tariff on Brazilian goods on Aug. 7. The US is Brazil’s main export market. Over the first ...
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ArticleBrazil’s footwear exports rise by nearly 9% in volume in the first half
In the six months of 2025, Brazil exported 52.7 million pairs of shoes, up by 8.8 percent year-over-year, generating $497.34 million in revenues, up by 3.0 percent. In the sole month of June, exports also grew by 24.5 percent year-over-year to 6.87 million pairs, resulting in $70.17 million in revenues, ...
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Brazilian footwear firms expect to generate $21.77m in sales thanks to Expo Riva Schuh
At Expo Riva Schuh and Gardabags, the Italian trade show specializing in footwear, bags and accessories held from June 14 to 17 in Riva del Garda, Brazilian exhibitors sold more than 497,000 pairs of shoes for a total value of $6.0 million. Based on the deals struck during the trade ...
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ArticleBrazilian shoemakers have mixed feelings about US tariffs
Brazilian shoemakers have mixed feelings about the impact of newly introduced US trade tariffs as they are seen as both an opportunity and a threat to the South American country. Brazil was included in the first batch of countries whose products only faced the 10 percent baseline tariff applied on ...
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Brazil will have a delegation of 76 brands at Micam
Brazil will be represented by 76 brands at Micam’s 99th edition, held from Feb. 23 to 25 at the Fieramilano Rho exhibition center on the outskirts of Milan. The brands are supported by Brazilian Footwear, an export promotion program maintained by the Brazilian footwear association Abicalçados in partnership with ApexBrasil, ...
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ArticleBrazilian shoemakers hope Trump will help boost their sales to the US
As Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th President of the US on Jan. 20, Brazilian shoemakers hope to benefit from a possible reduction in shipments of Chinese footwear to the world’s largest market in value in the wake of higher import duties. During his electoral campaign, Trump, who ...
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Forty Brazilian footwear brands to attend Expo Riva Schuh
Forty Brazilian footwear brands will be attending Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags, scheduled in the Italian town of Riva del Garda from Jan. 11 to 14, according to the Brazilian footwear association Abicalçados. Paola Pontin, a business coordinator at Abicalçados, noted that in the latest edition of Expo Riva Schuh, ...
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ArticleC-Suite interview: BFShow to grow with the Brazilian footwear industry
Haroldo Ferreira, the president of Brazilian footwear association Abicalçados, expects BFShow to grow in lockstep with the Brazilian footwear industry and believes that a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur will also be beneficial to European shoemakers. BFShow is the trade show promoted by Abicalçados in partnership ...
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ArticleCEC and Abicalçados call for a swift conclusion of EU-Mercosur free trade talks
CEC, the European footwear confederation, and Abicalçados, which represents Brazilian shoemakers, are among the 78 business associations representing a diverse array of industries from the European Union (EU) and Mercosur asking their governments to rapidly conclude negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two economic blocks. Mercosur was established ...
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ArticleBFShow doubles its attendance in a year
BFShow, the trade show promoted by the Brazilian footwear association Abicalçados in partnership with NürnbergMesse Brasil, attracted more than 10,400 visitors during its third edition, held in São Paulo from Nov. 11 to 13. The attendance was double that of its inaugural edition held in November 2023. The organizers had ...
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Brazil expects to produce over 900 million pairs of shoes in 2025
Brazilian footwear manufacturers expect to produce more than 900 million pairs of shoes in 2025, thus returning to levels last seen before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country in 2020. In 2019, the country produced 898 million pairs. Due to the disruption caused by Covid-19-related lockdowns, footwear production dropped to ...
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ArticleMicam attracts 40,950 visitors
The trade shows Micam Milano, Milano Fashion&Jewels, Mipel and The One Milano attracted 40,950 visitors, 55 percent of whom came from Italy and the remaining 45 percent from 140 countries. The largest number of visitors from European countries stemmed from Spain, Germany and France. ”The results from North America were ...
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ArticleArgentina focuses on high-end products for the European market
With its 130 million pairs of shoes produced annually, Argentina ranks third among producing countries in the Americas after Brazil, with 849 million pairs, and Mexico, 205 million pairs, according to data released by the Argentine footwear association Cámara de la Industria del Calzado (CIC), as well as its Portuguese ...
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South American footwear sales set to grow nearly 3% annually
In 2024, footwear sales in South America are expected to rise by a compound annual growth rate of 2.77 percent from 2024 to 2028, according to data from the German statistics portal Statista released by the Italian trade show Expo Riva Schuh & Gardabags. In 2024, footwear revenues in South ...
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Brazilian footwear exports seen down 6-9% in 2024
In 2024, Brazilian footwear exports are expected to decline by 6 to 9 percent in volume as an improvement in the second half of the year is expected to offset a sharp decline in the first four months of the year, according to the Brazilian footwear industry association, Abicalçados. Data ...
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ArticleBrazilian brands generate $31.7m in business at Micam
Brazilian brands generated $31.7 million in business, through on-site and pre-arranged deals at Micam, the footwear fair which ran from Feb. 18 to 21 at the Fieramilano Rho exhibition center at the outskirts of Milan. The event focused on the autumn/winter 2024-2025 season. The Brazilian delegation, which comprised 76 brands, ...
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News briefsMicam to see the presence of 76 Brazilian brands
Abicalçados said that 76 Brazilian brands benefitting from a trade support scheme will be attending the Micam trade show, scheduled to run from Feb. 18 to 21 at the Fieramilano Rho exhibition center on the outskirts of Milan. The delegation is similar in size to the one present at Micam’s ...
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ArticleBrazilian footwear exports collapse in December
In December, Brazilian footwear exports fell by 41.5 percent year-over-year in volume to 7.45 million pairs and by 33.3 percent in value to $73.44 million, according to data released by the Brazilian footwear industry association, Abicalçados. For the whole of 2023, exports dropped by 16.6 percent in volume to 118.34 ...
