Italy's footwear sector reported a 16% rise in revenues during the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period the year before. This was still between 10% and 15% less than the figure for the same months in 2019. Export revenues for the nine-month period in 2021 were in excess of €7.5 billion and Italy's shoe manufacturers shipped just under 150 million pairs over that time. Leather footwear accounted for 61.7% of total export value, while leather shoes' share of the total export volume was 44.6%. In terms of the domestic Italian market, including imported shoes, consumers spent almost €3.7 billion on footwear in January-September 2021, buying just over 100 million pairs. These figures show an increase of 10.5% in value and of 8.8% in volume compared to the same months in 2020. But in making these comparisons, Assocalzaturifici refers to some distortion owing to "the shock of 2020" and the devastating impact of the first waves of covid-19. Compared to 2019 figures, last year's show decreases in domestic footwear consumption of 14.8% in value and of 10.6% in volume.
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