The shoes market is one of the largest markets, and statistics show that in 2020, the value of the global shoe market was 365.5 billion dollars. It is also predicted that the value of the global footwear market will reach about 530.3 billion dollars by 2027.
75% of the world's shoe production is monopolized by four Asian countries, and Iran has the 94th position in terms of shoe exports. This failure has many reasons, the most important of which is the increase in the finished price compared to the export rates.
Iran exports shoes to which countries?
About 90% of Iran's exports go to Iraq, Afghanistan and Azerbaijan. Also, Iraq alone has a share of 56% of Iran's exports. 26% of shoe exports are exported to Afghanistan and the rest to Azerbaijan. We have a small position in the 3 billion dollar import market of Russian shoes, and the main reason is that more than 50% of the shoes imported to Russia are with leather uppers, and their export from Iran is insignificant. Also, most shoe manufacturers in Iran, about 91%, are located in the cities of Qom, Tehran, Tabriz, Khorasan Razavi and Yazd.