It seems Azerbaijan restores the glory of its former Soviet shoe industry. Although, as the “Turan” indicates, the official bodies have not yet explained the reason for this production growth.
For the first nine months of this year, 785.1 thousand pairs of shoes were produced in Azerbaijan, 2.5 times more than for the comparable period last year, the State Statistics Committee reports.
In 2020, 544.2 thousand pairs of shoes were sewn, 2.9 times more than in the previous year.
Over the past period of this year, exported shoes for $ 300 thousand, imported – $ 55.5 million. At the same time, exports decreased twice, and imports increased $ 5 million. Parallel production growth and, together with it, import shoes can be explained Low quality manufactured products.