As the seventh-largest footwear producer, Pakistan accounts for more than 2.4% of world footwear production, but footwear contributes less than 1% to its global exports.
For a long time, Pakistan’s footwear industry has been eager to enhance its global competitiveness and expand the scale of exports through measures such as technological upgrading, import substitution of footwear materials, and improvement of labor quality.
Based on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)’s substantial improvement of infrastructure including power and transportation, Pakistan hopes to bring in more Chinese shoe-making industries.—APP
