In 2007, many branded shoes of Quanzhou city, Fujian Province were sold in big Russian marketplace, the selling price of each pair reached nearly US $21.
Although, during this period, export quantity of both clothing and shoes from the region saw declining trend, value-wise growth can be observed with a rise of nearly 30.03 and 22.05 percent. The export unit price of clothing and shoes separately increased by around 12 and 16.5 percent.
There are over 3000 footwear manufacturers in Quanzhou, and nearly 2000 enterprises supply the raw materials for the same, making it a big industry.
The revenue generated from the local products reached nearly $5 billion, and experts believe that, the rise is a result of local entrepreneurs exporting their brands in the international market, themselves.