According to statistics, Iran has 544 factories working in the
footwear industry with a license from the Ministry of Industry and
Mines, Iran.ru cites ISNA.
The factories enmploy a total of approximately 15,000 people. 62,000
more are working on hand fabrication of shoes, 8 000 in unlicensed
shoe workshops, 30, 000 working on factories producing accessories for
shoes.
The footwear industry is closely connected with the leather making
industry, oil chemicals, textile and chemical industry, packaging
industry, machinery and others.
Shoe factories produce approximately 262.5 million pairs of shoes.
72.5 million pairs are leather and sports shoes, 190 million - other
types.
The factories are mainly located in the provinces of East Azerbaijan
(34%), Kum (30%), Tehran (22%), Khorasan-Rezavi (3%) and Yezd (2%).
Specialists say that an average citizen in Iran uses 2-3 pairs of
shoes annually. This means that there is a stable balance between
supply and demand.
