Year-to-date through November, exports of the product significantly climbed in volume.
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Brazilian footwear exports to the United Arab Emirates hiked 86.4% in volume and 40.9% in revenue year-to-date through August from a year ago.
The United States purchased more, but the result is due to a decrease in sales to Argentina.
The Arab country imported 1.1 million pairs from Brazil year-to-date through May, up 96% year-on-year.
2point purchasing manager Elsa Dionisio is in Brazil for the first time and searchers for new shoe brands for the Arab world.
The 51st edition of the premier shoe industry exhibition in Brazil will run from June 3 to 5 in São Paulo. Doha-based retail company 2point has been invited, alongside guests from 16 different countries.
The first two months of the year saw 690,700 pairs of shoes shipped, up 167% from a year ago. Revenues came out to USD 4.57 million, up 117%.
The Arab country is the 8th out of the 20 main destinations of Brazilian shoes. In January, exports to the UAE surpassed USD 2.8 million. The main product shipped to that country is the flip-flop sandal.
The Brazilian shoe company made the deals during Couromoda in São Paulo. Half the sales were to AYZ, in Kuwait and the UAE, and the other half was to Libya’s Al Masar store chain.
Hanox Shoes, with stores in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah, UAE, has three buyers scouting the footwear industry show in São Paulo.
Aside from April, all months of last year showed declines according to Brazilian Association of Shoe Manufactures. Imports grew during the period.
The 46th edition of the international shoe and leather industry show will run from January 14 to 17 at São Paulo’s Expo Center Norte. It will see over 2,000 international companies looking to buy, including four from the UAE, three from Saudi Arabia and one from Egypt.
Meetings and technical visits were held in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul with representatives of NTDE Group between December 10 and 14. Estimates for the sales turnover are about 50 thousand pairs, amounting to USD 1.25 million.
A representative for Dubai’s luxury brands conglomerate Chalhoub is going to manufacturing plants in São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul to look at footwear for children and women.
