Russia imports shoes from China accounts for 83%

A survey to shoe market in Russia made by Discovery Research Group in August 2010 shows despite increasing in consumption of shoes in Russia it is still far behind the consumption in European union and America. The average annual shoes consumption is 1.4 pairs for Russian, but 4.5 pairs for EU and 6.5 pairs for American.

According to the survey shoe production in Russia increased 3.9% to 57.8 million pair in 2009 from 55.7 million pairs in 2008. The imports in 2009 expanded by 22.3% to 222.1 million pairs from a year earlier, the average price for imported a pair of shoes was US$10. Shoes from China accounted for 83% of Russia total imports.

In value term shoes consumption in the first quarter of 2010 increased 15% to 20%. The Russian industrial experts confirmed that shoe demand in Russia is recovering, and price is uprising.