US Footwear Imports Decline Runs On, With China’s Shipments Down 40.2 Percent

U.S. footwear imports showed little sign of abating their severe descent in August, falling 27.5 percent in value to $12.68 billion for the first eight months of 2020 from $17.41 billion a year earlier, according to the Commerce Department’s Office of Textiles & Apparel (OTEXA). This rate of decline was slightly better than the 28.4…