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ArticleHow reshoring requests proved short-lived for Portuguese producers
Demand to reshore footwear manufacturing from Asia to Portugal has petered out after growing substantially in 2022, several Portuguese producers told Shoe Intelligence. Last year, as high inflation, energy prices and China’s zero-covid policies upended the global footwear supply chain, Portuguese manufacturers were approached by clients who wanted to reshore ...
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Portuguese exports up over 20%
In 2022, Portuguese footwear exports rose by 20.2 percent in value to over €2 billion and by 10.5 percent in volume to 76 million pairs, according to data released by Apiccaps, the Portuguese footwear, components and leather goods manufacturers association. About 80 percent of exports were shipped to other European ...
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Portuguese footwear exports up 4.3% in first 4 months
Portuguese footwear exports rose by 4.3 percent to €497 million in the first four months of 2021. In April, exports surged by 121 percent compared with a year earlier, when trade was disrupted by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. A total of 22 million pairs of shoes were sold ...
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Spain, Portugal to benefit from accelerated reshoring
The novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic could lead to an acceleration in the reshoring of manufacturing to Europe. Alicia Garcia-Herrera , senior fellow at the European think tank Bruegel , said in an interview with Exame magazine that the shift could be significant for countries such as Spain and Portugal. ...
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Portuguese footwear factories are producing masks
Several footwear companies in Portugal’s northern towns of Felgueiras, Oliveira da Azemeis and São João da Madeira are temporarily replacing the production of footwear with the manufacturing of medical masks, according to the website of the country’s footwear association, Apiccaps . The equipment will be donated to healthcare professionals and ...
