The Portuguese footwear industry headed to Milan earlier this year. At MICAM, the world’s largest footwear trade fair, the Portuguese delegation was composed of 39 companies.
Since the beginning of the year, the Portuguese footwear sector had intensified its focus on internationalization, carrying out 11 external promotion initiatives in just two months. The initiative was led by APICCAPS in partnership with AICEP, with the support of the Compete 2030 program. In the same period last year, the sector had taken part in only seven international initiatives. "In just two months, nearly 100 Portuguese companies joined actions in international markets, confirming the dynamism and export ambition of the sector,” highlighted Luís Onofre.