# Footwear (HS4 6406) Trade Overview | Yugalinks

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Footwear at HS4 6406, with reported global trade through 2024.

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## Answer

The footwear subsector recorded $9.2B in reported global trade in 2024, with +4% annual change.

## Key figures

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Latest reported trade | $9.2B |
| Latest annual change | +4% |
| Active exporters | 170 |
| Active importers | 194 |
| Active HS6 products | 3 |

## Annual trend

| Year | Global trade | Corridors | HS6 products |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1995 | $4.7B | 3,042 | 3 |
| 1996 | $5.1B | 3,145 | 3 |
| 1997 | $5.2B | 3,155 | 3 |
| 1998 | $4.9B | 3,225 | 3 |
| 1999 | $4.8B | 3,293 | 3 |
| 2000 | $4.7B | 3,785 | 3 |
| 2001 | $4.9B | 3,746 | 3 |
| 2002 | $4.7B | 3,842 | 3 |
| 2003 | $5.1B | 3,893 | 3 |
| 2004 | $5.4B | 3,956 | 3 |
| 2005 | $5.4B | 4,057 | 3 |
| 2006 | $5.9B | 4,271 | 3 |
| 2007 | $6.2B | 4,276 | 3 |
| 2008 | $6.8B | 4,401 | 3 |
| 2009 | $5.7B | 4,450 | 3 |
| 2010 | $6.8B | 4,517 | 3 |
| 2011 | $7.9B | 4,656 | 3 |
| 2012 | $7.4B | 4,678 | 3 |
| 2013 | $7.9B | 4,706 | 3 |
| 2014 | $8.2B | 4,837 | 3 |
| 2015 | $7.3B | 4,956 | 3 |
| 2016 | $7.5B | 4,901 | 3 |
| 2017 | $8.0B | 4,992 | 3 |
| 2018 | $8.4B | 5,098 | 3 |
| 2019 | $8.2B | 5,102 | 3 |
| 2020 | $7.0B | 4,923 | 3 |
| 2021 | $8.4B | 5,251 | 3 |
| 2022 | $10.0B | 5,410 | 3 |
| 2023 | $8.9B | 5,548 | 3 |
| 2024 | $9.2B | 5,375 | 3 |

## Leading corridors

- China to Viet Nam: $1.1B; growth +5.2%.
- Albania to Italy: $270.5M; growth +2.2%.
- China to Russia: $232.4M; growth +14.5%.
- China to Bangladesh: $230.4M; growth +1.5%.
- China to Indonesia: $213.8M; growth +16.9%.
- Romania to Italy: $201.1M; growth -6.3%.
- USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands to Viet Nam: $187.4M; growth +3.9%.
- China to Cambodia: $178.3M; growth -0.3%.
- Tunisia to Italy: $159.6M; growth +9.2%.
- Kyrgyzstan to Russia: $139.4M; growth +1,628.8%.

## HS6 products

- Footwear: parts, uppers and parts thereof, other than stiffeners (HS6 640610)
- Footwear: parts, outer soles and heels, of rubber or plastics (HS6 640620)
- Footwear: parts, n.e.c. in heading 6406 (HS6 640690)
- Footwear: parts, of wood (HS6 640691)
- Footwear: of materials n.e.c. in heading no. 6406 (HS6 640699)

## 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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