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    Brazil renews footwear export program for 2 years

    2022-03-21T08:53:00Z

    Abicalçados, the Brazilian footwear association, and ApexBrasil, the Brazilian agency for the promotion of exports and investments, signed the renewal of a two-year agreement to promote Brazilian footwear. The program simply called Brazilian Footwear was launched more than two decades ago. Under the agreement, the parties will invest 35.45 ...

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    Brazilian exports rise 32% in volume in 2021

    2022-02-01T09:43:00Z

    In 2021, Brazilian footwear exports rose by 32.0 percent year-over-year in volume to 123.6 million pairs and by 36.8 percent in value to $900.3 million, according to data released by the trade association Abicalçados. When compared with 2019, exports grew by 7.3 percent in volume but fell by 7.4 percent ...

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    Brazilian brands generate $7.5m in sales at Expo Riva Schuh

    2022-01-31T17:10:00Z

    The 26 Brazilian footwear brands that attended Expo Riva Schuh are expected to generate more than $7.5 million in revenues, through the sale of 670,000 pairs, thanks to their participation to the Italian trade fair held between Jan. 15 and 18, in Riva del Garda, according to the trade association ...

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    ​Brazilian firms to generate $5.4m in orders at Micam

    2021-09-29T06:00:00Z

    The 18 Brazilian footwear brands present the Micam trade fair, which was held in Milan on Sept. 19-21, are expected to generate over $5.4 million in revenues, thanks to deals that were closed during the show or that they began negotiating during the event, according the to the Brazilian footwear ...

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    Brazilian exports return to pre-Covid levels in volume

    2021-09-17T14:27:00Z

    In the first eight months of 2021, Brazilian footwear exports rose by 33.4 percent year-over-year in volume to 75.2 million pairs and by 23.9 percent in value to $541.34 million, according to data released by the trade association Abicalçados. When compared with the first eight months of 2019, exports fell ...

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    Brazil supports footwear presence at Playtime NY

    2021-07-25T14:42:00Z

    The footwear export promotion program Brazilian Footwear , developed by the Brazilian footwear association Abicalçados and the trade and investment promotion agency Apex-Brasil , is supporting the participation of Brazilian brands at Playtime NY , children’s and maternity trade show held biannually in New York. The next edition takes ...

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    Brazilian exports rise by a third in volume

    2021-07-18T14:18:00Z

    In the first half of 2021, Brazilian footwear exports rose by 17.7 percent in value to $389 million and by 32.3 percent in volume to 57 million pairs compared with the previous year when trade was depressed by the Covid-19 outbreak, according to data released by the local footwear association ...

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    Brazilian footwear exports up by 76% in volume in April

    2021-05-17T16:03:00Z

    In April, Brazilian footwear exports exports rose by 76.0 percent year-on-year in volume to 8.5 million pairs and by 115.0 percent in value to $65 million, according to the Brazilian footwear association Abicalçados . In April 2020, exports were affected by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in several key ...

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    Brazilian exports at their highest since April

    2021-02-09T17:14:00Z

    In January, Brazilian footwear exports fell by 33.2 percent year-over-year to $60.93 million. In volume, the decline narrowed to 22.2 percent with 9.73 million pairs sold. However, month-on-month exports increased by 5.0 percent in volume and by 2.1 percent in value and were at their highest level since April 2020. ...

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    ​Brazilian footwear output forecast to rise by 14.1% this year

    2021-01-25T09:19:00Z

    Brazilian footwear production is expected to rise by 14.1 percent this year after having fallen by an estimated 21.8 percent in 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and reaching a 16-year low, according to Abicalçados , which represents the local footwear industry. It estimates 2020 production ...

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    ​U.S., Brazilian footwear industries suffer severe job losses

    2020-05-13T06:29:00Z

    Both the U.S. and Brazil have seen large job losses in the shoe sector amid the spread of the coronavirus both in the two countries and globally. Data from the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America showed that estimated employment in the U.S. shoe industry, including manufacturing, repair, ...

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    Brazilian footwear exports fall

    2020-03-24T14:39:00Z

    In January, Brazilian footwear exports fell by 16.1 percent in volume to 12.5 million pairs and by 7.3 percent in value to $91.5 million, largely due to political instability in Latin America. Haroldo Ferreira , president of the Brazil’s footwear industry, Abicalçados , said that Brazilian manufacturers may have also ...