Footwear New China's footwear industry is optimistic of export sales growth, despite weak overseas demand. The global financial downturn and the EU's anti-dumping duties on leather shoes have affected China's footwear overseas revenue negatively. From an average 20 percent export growth, the increase in foreign sales slowed to less than 3 percent in 2008.
Global Sources' Export Price Monitor plots export price trends for a broad cross section of manufacturing industries based on regular surveys of hundreds of China suppliers.