CALZATURA

IL TREND DEI MACCHINARI ITALIANI DI PELLE, CALZATURE E PELLETTERIA

In 2001 earning from the productionof machinery for the leather - footwear - leathergoods industries exceeded 520 million Euros, registering +10,2% compared to 2000. The best performance was in the field of footwear machinery where sales increased by 13%, the worst result on the other hand regarded leathergoods machinery which dropped by 5,6%, while tanning machinery was done by 1%. A fact of note was the increase in machinery Made in Italy on the part of China, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, countries that are developing fashion accessory production at a fast rate.