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    Vietnam’s leather, footwear, handbag exports up by over 11% in 2024

    2025-01-07T10:08:00Z

    In 2024, Vietnam’s leather, footwear and handbag exports totaled an estimated $27 billion, up by 11.45 percent from the previous year, according to Lefaso, the Vietnam leather, footwear and handbag association. Lefaso had forecast exports reaching between $26 billion to $27 billion. North America accounted for 41.4 percent of Vietnam’s ...

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    Vietnam’s leather, footwear, handbag exports seen reaching $26-27bn in 2024

    2024-07-22T07:08:00Z

    Export revenues for the Vietnamese leather, footwear and handbag industry are expected to reach $26 billion to $27 billion in 2024, according to Lefaso, the Vietnam leather, footwear and handbag association. In 2023, Vietnam generated $24 billion in revenues from leather and footwear exports, down by 15 percent year-on-year. ...

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    Vietnam relies on China to uphold 2024 exports

    2024-03-12T09:27:00Z

    Vietnamese shoemakers expect 2024 to be a challenging year but are relying on China to underpin exports, according to Phan Thi Thanh Xuan, the Vice President and General Secretary of Lefaso, the Vietnam leather, footwear and handbag association. In 2023, Vietnam generated $24 billion in revenues from leather and ...

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    A report confirms the shift out of China into Vietnam

    2022-09-20T07:33:00Z

    A report available on ResearchAndMarkets.com indicates that Nike and Adidas are leading a move out of China into Vietnam for the manufacturing of shoes, confirming a trend that has been observed in data and analyses that Shoe Intelligence has collected over the past years. The document called “Research Report on ...

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    Vietnam exports up 13% in first 7 months

    2022-09-05T08:47:00Z

    In the first seven months of 2022, Vietnamese exports of leather, footwear and leather goods totaled more than $14 billion, up by 13 percent year-over-year, in line with the forecast made at the start of the year by the Vietnamese leather, footwear and handbag association, Lefaso. Lefaso had predicted that ...

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    Vietnam sees leather goods, footwear exports up 10-15% in 2022

    2022-02-16T10:44:00Z

    Vietnam’s exports of leather, footwear and bags this year are expected to increase by 10-15 percent in 2022 to $23-25 billion, according to the Vietnamese leather, footwear and handbag association, Lefaso. In 2021, Vietnamese exports of leather, footwear and handbags increased by 4.6 percent to $20.78 billion, with footwear exports ...

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    Vietnam sees 2021 leather and footwear exports reaching $20 billion

    2021-04-12T07:14:00Z

    Vietnam’s Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso) expects its industry to achieve exports of more than $20 billion this year after suffering from a decline last year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on supply chains, consumption and trade. Last year, Vietnam’s export turnover of footwear and handbags ...

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    Vietnam promotes footwear exports to U.S. as its industry suffers

    2020-06-01T17:11:00Z

    For the first time, an interactive video conference was held in Washington D.C. on May 27 to connect Vietnamese footwear manufacturers and U.S. distributors and retailers.The initiative comes as the Asian’s footwear industry is suffering severely from the drop in demand stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference entitled “Promoting ...