According to the RF Federal Customs Service statistics, during January-August 2021 Russia imported 39.7 mn pairs of leather footwear, up 10.9% year-on-year. In terms of value, leather footwear import increased by 20.9% year-on-year to exceed $1 bn.
Clothes import into Russia grew by 13.7% up to more than $5.2 bn.
Cotton fabric import during the first 8 months of 2021 was up 28.2% year-on-year to 241.7 mn sqm. In terms of value it increased by 36.9% up to $138.5 mn.
Cotton fabric export from Russia declined by 34.6% year-on-year down to 62.2 mn sqm worth $34.6 mn, up 3.3%.
In August, leather footwear import grew by 41.2% year-on-year and by 24.1% month-on-month making 7.2 mn pairs worth $210.7 mn, up 33.2% year-on-year and up 25% month-on-month.
Clothes import was up 5.6% year-on-year and up 5.7% month-on-month to $824 mn.
Cotton fabric import in August declined by 1.3% year-on-year and by 17.3% month-on-month amounting to more than 24.9 mn sqm. In terms of value, it made $14.9 mn, up 22.1% year-on-year and down 21.2% month-on-month.
Cotton fabric export declined by 12% year-on-year and increased by 11.9% month-on-month to make 7.9 mn sqm. In terms of value, it made $3.9 mn, up 18.2% year-on-year and level with July 2021.