Led by China Collapse, US Footwear Imports Plunged 28.4% Through July

U.S. footwear imports continued to slide in July and have now declined 28.4 percent to a value of $10.77 billion in the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in 2019, according to the Commerce Department’s Office of Textiles & Apparel (OTEXA). The severe decline is primarily caused by a falloff…