Meanwhile, Italian imports grew by 12.3 percent in value to €1.867 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of €1.169 billion
In the first quarter of 2025, revenues of Italian footwear manufacturers fell by 7.0 percent year-over-year, according to a survey carried out in April and May by Confindustria Accessori Moda among members of the Italian footwear association Assocalzaturifici.
Data on industrial production released by the national statistics office Istat painted a bleaker picture, indicating that footwear output fell by 10.3 percent in the first four months of 2025.
The decline comes after revenues fell by 9.4 percent to €13.2 billion for the whole 2024.
Confindustria Accessori Moda ‘s survey estimated that revenues of Italian manufacturers fell by 5.4 percent year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025, resulting in an estimated decline of 6.2 percent in the first six months of the year.
The full version of this article was originally published by our sister publication Shoe Intelligence.
