Spanish footwear exports reached 2.021 billion euros in the first seven months of 2026, representing a 0.8 per cent year-on-year increase, according to data from Shoe Intelligence citing the Federation of Spanish Footwear Industries (FICE). Export volume also rose slightly, edging up 0.7 per cent to 105.32 million pairs, with the average price per pair increasing marginally to 19.19 euros.
France remained Spain’s leading export destination during the seven-month period, taking 22,174 million pairs valued at 392.813 million euros, representing increases of 1.31 per cent in volume and 6.19 per cent in value. Italy followed in second place with 17.14 million pairs, down 5.17 per cent, and a total value of 341.99 million euros, down 1.06 per cent.
Germany was the third-largest export market by value, purchasing 7.716 million pairs, a decline of 12.85 per cent, worth 193.811 million euros, down 0.09 per cent compared with the same period of 2025. Portugal ranked third by volume, receiving 14.096 million pairs, up 0.89 per cent, for a value of 186.017 million euros, down 2 per cent.
Elsewhere in Europe, shipments to the Netherlands fell 22.86 per cent in volume but rose 1.29 per cent in value, while exports to Belgium increased in both volume and value. Shipments to the UK declined by 7 per cent in volume and 2.81 per cent in value.
Outside Europe, the United States was the leading export market by volume, with shipments rising by 79.68 per cent year-on-year to 4.53 million pairs, though export value fell by 7.59 per cent to 110.8 million euros. China, Spain’s eleventh-largest export destination overall, registered a 504.41 per cent increase in volume to 2.656 million pairs, with value up 79.37 per cent and an average price of 18.06 euros per pair.
Spanish footwear imports totalled 217.63 million pairs during the period, down 4.68 per cent year-on-year. Import value fell 7.86 per cent to 2.761 billion euros, while the average import price per pair declined 3.34 per cent to 12.69 euros. China, Vietnam and Indonesia remained the primary suppliers, while imports from Italy rose in both volume and value.
