Exports of footwear have been recovering and gaining more strength from the second half of 2021, with the advance of vaccination in major international markets and the consequent decrease of Covid-19. Sales of Brazilian footwear abroad have increased and the industries are exporting more leather shoes. In November 2021, 11,68 million pairs were shipped generating $93.2 million, higher results both in volume (+22.3%) when in revenue (+74.5%) in relation to the same month of 2020, these data were prepared by the Brazilian Association of Footwear Industries (Abicalcados). Haroldo Ferreira, president-executive of Abicalcados, highlights, in an interview with the Brazilian Arab Chamber of Commerce, that exports of footwear come in recovery, with more force from the second semester. From January to November, the Brazilian stock market exported 110.77 million pairs, which generated US$ 805,7 million. There were 31% in quantity and 34.6% in revenue over the same period in 2020. Comparing this data with the same months of 2019, growth was 5.6% in volume and 9.6% in revenue. The export volume of footwear in 2021 is already higher than 2019 in 77 countries of destination between 160 nations that import the product from Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul, Ceará and São Paulo were the largest exporters of footwear in Brazil. The Gaúcho State embarked from January to November 29.55 million pairs, while Ceará exported 32.78 million pairs and São Paulo 7.57 million. These figures generated revenues of $33.76 million, $184 million and $85.32 million respectively. The countries for which footwear is being shipped are, the United States (13.55 million pairs in the accumulated from January to November, resulting in 204,36 million dollars), Argentina, the second largest importer accumulated the import of 11,8 million pairs, paying 100.9 million dollars. France accounts for the third place, with 7 million pairs of footwear, which generate a revenue of 56.6 million dollars. Source: Fimec Fair and Brazilian Arabic Chamber of Commerce and Fashionunited