5 Fast Footwear Import Insights
Current Data Released is for September 2020

1.  Both the volume and value of September US footwear imports dropped year-over-year for the thirteenth straight month and at a double-digit rate for the ninth straight month.

2. Both the volume and value of footwear imports sank to the lowest September in a decade.

3. Footwear imports were sharply lower y/y in September across a range of categories—men’s, women’s, children’s, athletic, bootwear,
leather, sandals, etc.

4. Footwear imports were sharply lower y/y in September across seven of the ten largest suppliers, with only Mexico (up 8.7%), Burma (+25.4%), and Bangladesh (+32.7%) posting gains.

5. Women's footwear imports plunged a year-over-year -23.9% to the lowest September volume in seventeen years.

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