India is the seciond largest global producer of footwear after china with annual production

of 2065 million pairs.

The Footwear sector is a very significant segment of the leather industry in india - rather
it is Engine of growth for the entire leather industry. Its export in footwear segment is
close to US$ 2500 million. The historic city of Agra is the biggest footwear cluster of India.
Agra is known for footwear manufacturing since the 15 th century. Agra has about 250
mechanized/semi mechanized units & 5000 cottage industries accounting for
manufacturing capacity of 3,00,000 to 5,00,000 pairs per day. It provides about 4,00,000
jobs in the cluster. Today Agra meets 65% of domestic requirement & has 28% share in
the total footwear exports from the country.

https://www.indiaretailing.com/2017/03/22/fashion/stepping-into-a-bigger-better-future-a-report-on-
indias-footwear-market/

 Mass (Rs 150-700)

 Mid/Economy (Rs 700-1000)
 Active Sports (Rs 1000-3000)
 Premium (Rs 3000-5000)
 Luxury (Above Rs 10,000) segment

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Issue-No-718.pdf
Women who account for 39 percent share of the market will take it up to 41 percent in two years at a
CAGR of 16.5 percent. By then, men will lose their share from 51 percent to 48 percent as the growth rate
is lower at 12 per cent. Though kids’ footwear is growing by 20 percent, the base is still small at 10 percent.
Casual footwear, which accounts for 70 percent market share will continue to outpace other segments at
a CAGR of 14.5 percent.

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CONCENTRATION OF FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY IN INDIA: The major production of footwear manufacturing

concentrated in these centers.  Tamil Nadu - Chennai, Ambur, Ranipet, Vaniyambadi, Trichy, Dindigul 
Maharashta - Mumbai  West Bengal - Kolkata  Uttar Pradesh - Kanpur, Agra & Noida  Punjab –
Jallandhar, Ludhiana  Karnataka - Bangalore  Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad  Haryana - Ambala, Gurgaon,
Pa

Statewise Distribution of Leathers and Leather

Goods Manufacturing Units in India
http://www.aishtma.com/statewise.html

Footwear units Leather Leather

States Garments Goods Total
Factories Household
units units
Chennai* 198 108 132 126 564
Delhi 38 96 66 6 206
Bangalore 28 59 43 18 148
Calcutta 10 269 24 153 456
Bombay 40 -- 15 46 101
Hyderabad -- 126 09 1 136
Chandigarh&Jalandar -- 207 12 7 226
Agra 75 196 -- -- 271
Kanpur 48 -- 6 28 82
Others 34 354 7 21 416
Total 471 1415 314 406 2.606