Pakistan produces a wide range of footwear to cater for the needs of a variety of customers – men and women, boys and girls, pedestrians and joggers, business executives and bureaucrats, office goers and hawkers, squash and hockey players, cricketers and footballers, mountaineers and foresters, policemen and soldiers, specially designed footwear for the disabled, in fact, all those who need footwear according to their choice and special requirements. The large variety of Pakistan made footwear is really impressive. The population of Pakistan is about 200 million and taking average of 2 pairs per person per year, the total production comes to 400 million pairs per year.
Pakistan has inherited centuries old craftsmanship of shoe making and its popular brands like Khussas, a hand crafted footwear with thick leather used in uppers and soles and special stitching process, is still exported in huge quantities. The time-honored efficient skills have been blended with most modern technology to produce highly attractive styles, designs and shapes that are comfortable and durable and have great universal appeal.
Pakistan exports footwear to more than 60 countries in five continents of the world. Its major exports are to UK, France, Netherlands & Germany in Europe and Dubai, Saudi Arabia & Yemen in the Middle East. Pakistan’s exports of footwear have registered a high rate of growth in the recent past. It has gone up by 250% of what it was few years ago.
