Russian Footwear Imports Increased Significantly

According to statistics provided by Russian Federation customs, compared with the same period in 2006, the total value of goods imported from Russia in July this year increased by 49.1%.

Meanwhile, imports of light industrial products such as cloth, clothing and footwear that were not included in the competition increased by 89% over last year.

Some experts say that this phenomenon is caused by the reduction of grey imports and the gradual legalization of imports.

According to the Russian "new information" reported that the name of imported light industrial products from Russia can be seen that footwear imports showed a substantial growth momentum, the total import volume increased 1.24 times in July 2007.

Followed by clothing: imports of knitted goods increased by 1.18 times, and textile imports increased by 1.15 times.