In the first four months of 2006, shoes-sole imports turnover represented year-on-year rise of 15.8 percent and reached around US $30.54 million, Vietnamese Department of General Customs reported.
Total revenue of the goods in April alone touched $9.7 million mark, groing only one percent and 5.5 percent against same month of previous year and March 2006, respectively.
Meanwhile, a preliminary statistics of the department reveals that in May exports worth more than $12 million, contributing to a $40 million imports revenue of January–May 2006 period were achieved registering a year-on–rise of 10 percent.
Such slower growth in shoes sole imports turnover in the period represents a uncertain outlook of an imminent slow down of shoes exports from Vietnam.
Vietnam imports shoes sole from main markets of Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Italia, England, Thailand and Indonesia.
Fibre2fashion, News Desk - Vietnam
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