According to the RF Federal Customs Service statistics, during January-March 2021 Russia imported 17.3 mn pairs of leather footwear, down 12.2% year-on-year. In terms of value, leather footwear import decreased by 7.9% year-on-year down to $410.2 mn.
Clothes import into Russia grew by 1.1% up to $1.7 bn.
Cotton fabric import during the first 3 months increased by 15.6% up to $51.2 mn.
Cotton fabric export from Russia was up 0.8% year-on-year to $12.9 mn.
In March, leather footwear import grew by 35.4% year-on-year and by 1.6% month-on-month making 6.5 mn pairs worth $151.2 mn, up 27.4% year-on-year and up 2.1% month-on-month.
Clothes import was up 24.4% year-on-year and up 18.4% month-on-month to $682.4 mn.
Cotton fabric import in March grew by 41.7% year-on-year and by 54.5% month-on-month amounting to $22.1 mn.
Cotton fabric export made $6.6 mn, up 65% year-on-year and up 73.7% month-on-month.