AFMEC Directory is an annually online & Offline publication with an annual printed edition. Each issue features a theme explored through innovative digital media as well as the written word. AFMEC Directory is an editorially independent Initiative of Agra Footwear Manufactures Chamber.
AFMEC Directory is an initiative of AGRA Footwear Manufactures Chamber, the Indian Footwear, Components and Leather Goods Manufacturers' Association, and it includes two projects:
- An annual edition of the AFMEC Directory “A Footwear Yearbook”.
- Meet at Agra Leather, Components & Technology Fair (www.afmec.org)
The AFMEC Directory “A Footwear Yearbook” is a comprehensive report that analyses the main trends within the footwear sector around the world. The aim of this publication is to analyze the position of the relevant countries of the footwear industry in terms of different variables (Production, Exports, Imports and Consumption) and evaluate the strategic positioning of the different sector players.
The AFMEC Directory “A Footwear Yearbook” will collect footwear data about production, Exports, Imports, trade and market and then redistribute it in an intelligible way and on a purposeful timing to the sectorial players around the world.
The AFMEC Directory Website will disseminate all relevant news about the worldwide footwear industry.
The first edition of the AFMEC Directory “A Footwear Yearbook” was released in Nov 2007, and new updated editions have been published on a yearly basis since then. Each report is published with the most updated data up to the previous year. The main sources of the data used are official statistics. As official statistics do not cover all the items we considerer relevant to picture each market, we gather additional information by contacting the main footwear organizations in each country, and the any relevant local entities.