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In the first nine months of 2021, Italian footwear industry revenue increased by 16% year-on-year, but it was still 10% to 15% lower than the same period in 2019. The export revenue exceeds 7.5 billion euros, and the export volume is nearly 150 million pairs. Among them, leather shoes accounted for 61.7% of total exports, accounting for 44% of total exports. During the same period, the domestic footwear consumption in Italy was nearly 3.7 billion euros, and the consumption was as high as 100 million pairs, an increase of 10.5% and 8.8% respectively (including imported shoes) compared with 2020.

At present, there are 4,151 shoe-making enterprises in Italy, employing more than 72,000 people. The famous shoe-making area, Le Marche, has 1,315 manufacturers and 17,500 employees, followed by Tuscany with 952 shoe-making companies and 14,000 employees, and Veneto with 655 371 companies and 6,115 employees in Campania and 343 companies and 6,687 employees in Lombardy. In 2021, a study by Intesa Sanpaolo showed that 1,867 Italian manufacturers provide products and services for the 11 largest French and Italian luxury groups, of which 246 are footwear manufacturers and suppliers , with a total annual turnover of 5.4 billion euros. According to the data of the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), there are 1,700 Italian shoe-making enterprises (more than 40%) focusing on the production and sales of their own brands, and another 53% of the shoe-making enterprises are not only third-party OEM production, but also independent production and sales. branded products.