Among continents, European countries sold the highest dollar value worth of exported leather shoes with shipments valued at $28.8 billion or 50.2% of worldwide export sales for this commodity. Asian exporters were close behind, exporting $26.3 billion worth or 45.8% of the global total. Smaller percentages came from North America (1.6%), Latin America (1.3%) excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean, Africa (1%) then Oceania (0.1%) mainly Australia.
For research purposes, the 4-digit Harmonized Tariff System code prefix for leather footwear is 6403.
Leather Shoes Exports by Country
Countries
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of leather shoes during 2019.
- China: US$9.3 billion (16.2% of exported leather shoes)
- Italy: $8.1 billion (14.1%)
- Vietnam: $7.4 billion (12.9%)
- Germany: $3.7 billion (6.5%)
- Indonesia: $3 billion (5.3%)
- France: $2.2 billion (3.8%)
- Belgium: $2.1 billion (3.6%)
- India: $1.89 billion (3.3%)
- Netherlands: $1.87 billion (3.3%)
- Portugal: $1.8 billion (3.1%)
- Spain: $1.7 billion (3%)
- Hong Kong: $1.4 billion (2.5%)
- United Kingdom: $1.2 billion (2%)
- Poland: $1.1 billion (1.9%)
- Cambodia: $966.4 million (1.7%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 83.3% of global leather shoes exported in 2019.
Among the top exporters, the fastest-growing leather shoes exporters since 2015 were: Poland (up 180.3%), Cambodia (up 125.3%), Vietnam (up 59.1%) and Germany (up 55.3%).
Five top suppliers posted declines in their exported leather shoes sales namely: Hong Kong (down -42.6%), China (down -14.8%), Portugal (down -4.1%), United Kingdom (down -3.9%) and India (down -1.9%).
Advantages
The following countries posted the highest positive net exports for leather shoes during 2019. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the surplus between the value of each country’s leather shoes exports and its import purchases for that same commodity.
- Vietnam: US$7.3 billion (net export surplus up 57.7% since 2015)
- China: $7.1 billion (down -25.5%)
- Italy: $5 billion (up 2.4%)
- Indonesia: $2.9 billion (up 31.7%)
- India: $1.8 billion (down -1.7%)
- Portugal: $1.5 billion (down -7.7%)
- Cambodia: $961.5 million (up 125.2%)
- Bangladesh: $719.2 million (up 50.3%)
- Spain: $381.8 million (down -26.2%)
- Tunisia: $344.7 million (up 51.7%)
- Albania: $333.5 million (up 132.9%)
- Brazil: $329.6 million (down -8.3%)
- Turkey: $250.8 million (up 17186.5%)
- Dominican Republic: $241 million (up 164.5%)
- Romania: $239.8 million (down -58.4%)
Overtaking China in 2019, Vietnam generated the highest surplus in the international trade of leather shoes. In turn, this positive cashflow confirms Vietnam’s strong competitive advantage for this specific product category.
Opportunities
The following countries posted the highest negative net exports for leather shoes during 2019. Investopedia defines net exports as the value of a country’s total exports minus the value of its total imports. Thus, the statistics below present the deficit between the value of each country’s purchases of imported leather shoes and its exports for that same commodity.
- United States: US-$10.9 billion (net export deficit down -14.7% since 2015)
- United Kingdom: -$1.8 billion (down -28.3%)
- France: -$1.64 billion (down -13.4%)
- Germany: -$1.62 billion (down -18.2%)
- Russia: -$1.5 billion (up 42.9%)
- Japan: -$1.2 billion (down -5.2%)
- South Korea: -$1.1 billion (up 29%)
- Canada: -$998.7 million (down -7.5%)
- Australia: -$780.5 million (up 2.3%)
- Switzerland: -$620.2 million (up 7%)
- Netherlands: -$444.1 million (up 157.6%)
- United Arab Emirates: -$385.3 million (down -37.2%)
- Chile: -$364.8 million (down -6%)
- Austria: -$339.4 million (up 22.2%)
- Israel: -$281.8 million (down -7.9%)
The United States of America posted the highest deficit in the international trade of leather shoes. In turn, this negative cashflow highlights America’s strong competitive disadvantage for this specific product category but also signals opportunities for leather shoes-supplying countries that help satisfy the powerful demand.
Companies
Leather Shoes Exporting Companies
Below is a list of leading shoe manufacturers from countries that are major players in the international trade of leather footwear. Shown within parenthesis is the country where the shoe maker is headquartered.
- Belle International (China)
- Luigi Voltan Shoe Company (Italy)
- Erich Rohde GmbH (Germany)
- Camper (Spain)
- Brantano Footwear (Belgium)
- Foreva – Comércio de Calçado, S.A. (Portugal)
- Liberty Shoes Limited (India)
- Berluti (France)
- John Lobb Bootmaker (United Kingdom)
- Allen Edmonds (United States)
Searchable List of Leather Shoes Exporting Countries in 2019
You can change the presentation order by clicking the triangle icon at the top of any of the columns below. The right-most column shows the percentage change in the value of exported leather shows from 2018 to 2019. An entry of 0% in that column means that no 2018 data was available.
| Rank | Exporter | Leather Shoes Exports (US$) | 2018-9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | China | $9,310,686,000 | +2.6% |
| 2. | Italy | $8,109,338,000 | -0.5% |
| 3. | Vietnam | $7,414,541,000 | +45.7% |
| 4. | Germany | $3,740,811,000 | +2.9% |
| 5. | Indonesia | $3,038,564,000 | +13.2% |
| 6. | France | $2,194,961,000 | +6.4% |
| 7. | Belgium | $2,089,398,000 | +4.7% |
| 8. | India | $1,885,694,000 | -3.2% |
| 9. | Netherlands | $1,874,478,000 | +2.7% |
| 10. | Portugal | $1,760,839,000 | -10.6% |
| 11. | Spain | $1,737,965,000 | -2.5% |
| 12. | Hong Kong | $1,409,181,000 | +1.5% |
| 13. | United Kingdom | $1,168,072,000 | -2.4% |
| 14. | Poland | $1,117,711,000 | +22.4% |
| 15. | Cambodia | $966,373,000 | +85.5% |
| 16. | Bangladesh | $724,427,000 | +6.4% |
| 17. | Switzerland | $616,476,000 | +2.4% |
| 18. | Austria | $568,166,000 | +4.6% |
| 19. | Romania | $541,126,000 | -16.1% |
| 20. | Slovakia | $468,454,000 | -9.4% |
| 21. | United States | $418,724,000 | -2.7% |
| 22. | Turkey | $415,078,000 | +2.5% |
| 23. | Mexico | $404,923,000 | +9.1% |
| 24. | Brazil | $404,252,000 | +2.5% |
| 25. | Denmark | $374,458,000 | +5.3% |
| 26. | Tunisia | $357,187,000 | -7.8% |
| 27. | Hungary | $354,546,000 | -5.6% |
| 28. | Albania | $341,993,000 | +107.3% |
| 29. | Thailand | $293,626,000 | -1.4% |
| 30. | Czech Republic | $290,552,000 | +7.6% |
| 31. | Sweden | $252,550,000 | +25.6% |
| 32. | Dominican Republic | $252,293,000 | +314.3% |
| 33. | Croatia | $191,161,000 | -3.2% |
| 34. | Myanmar (Burma) | $171,824,000 | +97.2% |
| 35. | Singapore | $171,440,000 | +10.9% |
| 36. | Bosnia/Herzegovina | $168,273,000 | -6.8% |
| 37. | Serbia | $139,413,000 | -5% |
| 38. | Pakistan | $119,229,000 | +19.1% |
| 39. | Morocco | $115,049,000 | -10.9% |
| 40. | Slovenia | $107,134,000 | -10.7% |
| 41. | Russia | $106,646,000 | +14.3% |
| 42. | South Korea | $97,838,000 | +9.9% |
| 43. | Canada | $85,915,000 | -15.6% |
| 44. | Bulgaria | $64,797,000 | -0.7% |
| 45. | Greece | $63,422,000 | +21% |
| 46. | Laos | $60,414,000 | +73.3% |
| 47. | Belarus | $60,172,000 | -58.5% |
| 48. | Lithuania | $58,009,000 | -4.1% |
| 49. | Finland | $57,628,000 | +8.7% |
| 50. | Malaysia | $52,638,000 | +15.8% |
| 51. | South Africa | $52,012,000 | +4.2% |
| 52. | Australia | $44,676,000 | -9.9% |
| 53. | Moldova | $40,834,000 | +232.5% |
| 54. | Philippines | $38,949,000 | +16.5% |
| 55. | Ukraine | $34,194,000 | -12.6% |
| 56. | Ethiopia | $30,377,000 | -35.4% |
| 57. | Latvia | $29,988,000 | +17.1% |
| 58. | Macao | $24,738,000 | 0% |
| 59. | Ireland | $24,707,000 | +0.1% |
| 60. | Estonia | $23,169,000 | -17.8% |
| 61. | North Macedonia | $19,439,000 | -37.2% |
| 62. | El Salvador | $18,639,000 | -19.5% |
| 63. | Israel | $17,667,000 | +6.9% |
| 64. | Taiwan | $16,815,000 | -13.8% |
| 65. | Kyrgyzstan | $15,221,000 | +117% |
| 66. | Japan | $13,751,000 | -3.6% |
| 67. | Colombia | $13,410,000 | -17.8% |
| 68. | Guatemala | $12,943,000 | -34.3% |
| 69. | Panama | $12,599,000 | -14.7% |
| 70. | Peru | $11,220,000 | -17.1% |
| 71. | United Arab Emirates | $10,915,000 | -95.5% |
| 72. | Luxembourg | $10,184,000 | +6.4% |
| 73. | Cyprus | $7,378,000 | -11% |
| 74. | Norway | $6,783,000 | -8.1% |
| 75. | Egypt | $4,053,000 | +5.6% |
| 76. | Sri Lanka | $3,877,000 | -25.9% |
| 77. | Argentina | $3,709,000 | -6.9% |
| 78. | Mauritius | $3,416,000 | +2.6% |
| 79. | Paraguay | $3,296,000 | -29.3% |
| 80. | Zimbabwe | $2,673,000 | +51.4% |
| 81. | Uzbekistan | $2,597,000 | +104.5% |
| 82. | Georgia | $2,567,000 | +1,295% |
| 83. | Nicaragua | $2,111,000 | -64.7% |
| 84. | North Korea | $1,691,000 | -12.8% |
| 85. | Kuwait | $1,607,000 | -70.9% |
| 86. | Chile | $1,444,000 | -93.4% |
| 87. | Qatar | $1,433,000 | -70.5% |
| 88. | Lesotho | $1,421,000 | -27.6% |
| 89. | Palestine | $1,409,000 | -19.9% |
| 90. | Barbados | $1,304,000 | -9.7% |
| 91. | Costa Rica | $1,194,000 | +261.8% |
| 92. | Bahrain | $1,191,000 | -85.9% |
| 93. | Kazakhstan | $962,000 | -79.8% |
| 94. | Iran | $746,000 | -94.6% |
| 95. | Azerbaijan | $672,000 | +1,271% |
| 96. | Malta | $652,000 | -31.3% |
| 97. | Bolivia | $564,000 | -14.4% |
| 98. | Andorra | $559,000 | -40% |
| 99. | Kenya | $541,000 | -63% |
| 100. | Armenia | $489,000 | -44.1% |
| 101. | Ecuador | $452,000 | -32.6% |
| 102. | Pitcairn | $445,000 | +14,733% |
| 103. | New Zealand | $421,000 | -27.4% |
| 104. | Venezuela | $411,000 | +76.4% |
| 105. | US Minor Outlying Is | $388,000 | +223.3% |
| 106. | Lebanon | $379,000 | -92.8% |
| 107. | Honduras | $355,000 | +327.7% |
| 108. | Dominica | $340,000 | -21.3% |
| 109. | Namibia | $292,000 | +133.6% |
| 110. | Saudi Arabia | $277,000 | -94.5% |
| 111. | Curaçao | $276,000 | -26.6% |
| 112. | Aruba | $274,000 | +46.5% |
| 113. | Jamaica | $258,000 | +616.7% |
| 114. | Uruguay | $255,000 | +38.6% |
| 115. | Mongolia | $235,000 | -56.7% |
| 116. | Ivory Coast | $210,000 | +183.8% |
| 117. | Jordan | $180,000 | -77.8% |
| 118. | Montenegro | $170,000 | -70.1% |
| 119. | Sierra Leone | $169,000 | 0% |
| 120. | Ghana | $155,000 | +3,775% |
| 121. | Zambia | $152,000 | +39.4% |
| 122. | Djibouti | $133,000 | +66.3% |
| 123. | Togo | $127,000 | +370.4% |
| 124. | Nepal | $125,000 | +27.6% |
| 125. | Iceland | $93,000 | -24.4% |
| 126. | Oman | $91,000 | -99.2% |
| 127. | Botswana | $86,000 | -77.5% |
| 128. | Uganda | $64,000 | -87.5% |
| 129. | Malawi | $61,000 | -7.6% |
| 130. | Cameroon | $59,000 | -81.7% |
| 131. | Mozambique | $56,000 | -13.8% |
| 132. | Fiji | $50,000 | -59.7% |
| 133. | Senegal | $47,000 | -16.1% |
| 134. | Mauritania | $45,000 | 0% |
| 135. | Tanzania | $44,000 | -66.7% |
| 136. | Eswatini | $44,000 | +528.6% |
| 137. | Tajikistan | $39,000 | +85.7% |
| 138. | Belize | $38,000 | 0% |
| 139. | Saint Helena | $35,000 | 0% |
| 140. | Cook Islands | $29,000 | 0% |
| 141. | Cayman Islands | $29,000 | +2,800% |
| 142. | Seychelles | $25,000 | 0% |
| 143. | Suriname | $22,000 | 0% |
| 144. | British Virgin Is | $22,000 | -97.3% |
| 145. | Brunei Darussalam | $21,000 | -60.4% |
| 146. | Faroe Islands | $21,000 | +200% |
| 147. | Haiti | $21,000 | -44.7% |
| 148. | Solomon Islands | $18,000 | 0% |
| 149. | Mali | $17,000 | -22.7% |
| 150. | Cuba | $16,000 | +433.3% |
| 151. | Syria | $16,000 | -88.2% |
| 152. | Christmas Island | $13,000 | 0% |
| 153. | Bhutan | $13,000 | 0% |
| 154. | Madagascar | $13,000 | +225% |
| 155. | Afghanistan | $12,000 | +20% |
| 156. | Burkina Faso | $12,000 | 0% |
| 157. | Nauru | $11,000 | 0% |
| 158. | New Caledonia | $11,000 | +266.7% |
| 159. | Bahamas | $10,000 | +66.7% |
| Turks/Caicos Islands | $9,000 | -18.2% | |
| Timor-Leste | $7,000 | 0% | |
| Kiribati | $7,000 | +600% | |
| Algeria | $6,000 | -33.3% | |
| Rwanda | $6,000 | -96.7% | |
| Angola | $5,000 | -97.7% | |
| Benin | $5,000 | 0% | |
| Iraq | $5,000 | -16.7% | |
| Guinea | $4,000 | -42.9% | |
| Guyana | $4,000 | -86.7% | |
| Democratic Rep. Congo | $4,000 | 0% | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Is | $3,000 | -89.7% | |
| Equatorial Guinea | $3,000 | +200% | |
| Northern Mariana Is | $3,000 | -75% | |
| Somalia | $3,000 | -50% | |
| Saint Kitts/Nevis | $2,000 | -98.1% | |
| Samoa | $2,000 | 0% | |
| Sudan | $2,000 | 0% | |
| Greenland | $2,000 | 0% | |
| Niger | $2,000 | -97.3% | |
| Montserrat | $2,000 | 0% | |
| Gibraltar | $1,000 | 0% | |
| Bermuda | $1,000 | 0% | |
| Trinidad/Tobago | $1,000 | -91.7% | |
| Micronesia | $1,000 | 0% |
See also T-shirt Exports by Country, Cotton Exports by Country, Cotton Imports by Country and Top Exported Baby Clothing Sales
Research Sources:
Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook Field Listing: Exports – Commodities. Accessed on May 5, 2020
International Trade Centre, Trade Map. Accessed on May 5, 2020
Investopedia, Net Exports Definition. Accessed on May 5, 2020
Wikipedia, Shoe companies by country. Accessed on May 5, 2020
Zepol’s company summary highlights by HTS code. Accessed on May 5, 2020