# Sports footwear (HS4 6404) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Sports footwear at HS4 6404, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The sports footwear subsector recorded $42.9B in reported global trade in 2024, with -5.3% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $42.9B |
| Latest annual change | -5.3% |
| Active exporters | 196 |
| Active importers | 200 |
| Active HS6 products | 3 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $4.9B | 4,239 | 3 |
| 1996 | $4.9B | 4,261 | 3 |
| 1997 | $5.1B | 4,261 | 3 |
| 1998 | $4.5B | 4,354 | 3 |
| 1999 | $5.3B | 4,551 | 3 |
| 2000 | $5.5B | 5,177 | 3 |
| 2001 | $5.4B | 5,183 | 3 |
| 2002 | $5.3B | 5,286 | 3 |
| 2003 | $5.9B | 5,517 | 3 |
| 2004 | $6.7B | 5,628 | 3 |
| 2005 | $7.3B | 5,691 | 3 |
| 2006 | $8.1B | 5,861 | 3 |
| 2007 | $9.2B | 6,166 | 3 |
| 2008 | $10.3B | 6,273 | 3 |
| 2009 | $10.2B | 6,491 | 3 |
| 2010 | $12.3B | 6,590 | 3 |
| 2011 | $15.8B | 6,970 | 3 |
| 2012 | $18.2B | 7,238 | 3 |
| 2013 | $21.0B | 7,361 | 3 |
| 2014 | $25.0B | 7,658 | 3 |
| 2015 | $28.0B | 7,789 | 3 |
| 2016 | $30.9B | 8,157 | 3 |
| 2017 | $35.5B | 8,554 | 3 |
| 2018 | $39.1B | 8,733 | 3 |
| 2019 | $40.6B | 8,904 | 3 |
| 2020 | $35.7B | 8,952 | 3 |
| 2021 | $41.9B | 9,603 | 3 |
| 2022 | $50.4B | 9,685 | 3 |
| 2023 | $42.6B | 9,959 | 3 |
| 2024 | $42.9B | 9,931 | 3 |

## Leading corridors

- Viet Nam to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $3.9B; growth +3.4%.
- China to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $3.0B; growth -9.4%.
- Viet Nam to China: $923.9M; growth -4.2%.
- China to Germany: $761.8M; growth -6.1%.
- Indonesia to USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands: $741.4M; growth -1.2%.
- China to Japan: $725.1M; growth -3.6%.
- Viet Nam to Germany: $716.6M; growth +2.9%.
- China to Russia: $665.3M; growth +11.5%.
- Viet Nam to Belgium: $602.4M; growth +6.8%.
- Viet Nam to United Kingdom: $563.2M; growth +37.1%.

## HS6 products

- Sports footwear: tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like, with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials (HS6 640411)
- Footwear: (other than sportswear), with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials (HS6 640419)
- Footwear: outer soles of leather or composition leather, uppers of textile materials (HS6 640420)

## Definitions and coverage

Merchandise trade observations aggregated to HS4. Growth, concentration, volatility, and peak comparisons calculated from reported observations. Missing values remain unavailable and are not imputed.

Reported observations cover 1995-2024.

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## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-27). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) · [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) · [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) · [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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