Manufacture of leather and footwear

Sector overview

The  Manufacture of leather and footwear Sector counts some 171 enterprises employing 10 or more persons. Among the sector enterprises 129 are producing for the export market.

Breakdown of enterprises employing 10 or more persons by activity and regime

Activity	TE*	OTE*	Total
Processing and tanning of hides Processing and tanning of hides	1	6	7
Shoes and shoe uppers	88	26	114
Luggage, handbags and leather accessories	24	8	32
Clothing in leather	9	2	11

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Employment

The Manufacture of leather and footwear sector enterprises employing 10 or more workers account for 30,733 jobs of which 29,220 positions are with wholly exporting enterprises and 1,513 positions are with other than totally exporting.

Activity	Employment TE*	Employment OTE*	Total
Processing and tanning of hides Processing and tanning of hides	260	162	422
Shoes and shoe uppers	19,722	817	20,539
Luggage, handbags and leather accessories	4,923	454	5,377
Clothing in leather	3,989	26	4,015

* TE: Totally exporting
*OTE: Other than totally exporting.
Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Exports / Imports

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Development perspectives

The Center for Studies and Industrial Prospects (CEPI) has identified more than 50 project ideas and 3 professional files.

Partnership

The total number of enterprises with foreign participation is 71 , 60 are 100% foreign owned. 70 are totally exporting enterprises.

reakdown of partnership enterprises by country
France (25)	Italie (33)	Allemagne (8)	Belgique (2)	Autres (11)

Note: An enterprise may be counted for a number of times

Source: Agency for the Promotion of Industry and Innovation - August 2026