Sales from Brazil to the Arab country totaled USD 6.46 million from January to July, a decline of 17.4% over the same period of 2017.
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Brazilian products represent 60% of total shoe sales in the 30 stores of department store chain Almoosa. The company’s director general is at Francal seeking new deals. The sector’s expo runs until this Thursday in São Paulo.
The 50th International Shoe and Accessories Fashion Fair (Francal) will take place at Expo Center Norte and the industry outlook is good. Guest importers include 11 Arab ones.
From January to May, the country shows up at the 17th position in the rank of footwear importers from Brazil. But, in volume, exporters declined 16%.
Companies taking part in exports promotion program Brazilian Footwear have picked Saudi Arabia as one of the markets to be explored in 2019 and 2020.
The industry saw foreign sales slide in January, February and March, before rebounding in April to 9.87 million pairs of shoes shipped, grossing a combined USD 93.18 million.
The International Leather and Footwear Trade Fair (SICC) opens on May 21 in Gramado, Brazil. Invited buyers from 40 countries will attend, including Oman, the UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, Libya and Sudan.
Revenue from foreign sales from Brazil to the United States, Bolivia, Israel and the United Arab Emirates declined the most year-on-year.
