Imported footwear prices
This index tracks the prices U.S. buyers pay foreign sellers for imported footwear, before U.S. duties. Below it is set against what shoppers paid in stores for all footwear.
September 2026. Store prices (all footwear): +3.4%.
Against +16% in stores over the same years: 0.7% vs 0.5% a year.
Index 125.9. Latest is the record itself. Low since 1994: March 1994.
Imported footwear prices vs store prices, 1994 = 100
- Imported footwear prices
- All footwear in stores (CPI)
Last ten years, stage by stage
- 2016−0.4%In stores: +0.4%
- 2017−0.5%In stores: −0.5%
- 2018+0.1%In stores: −0.5%
- 2019−0.1%In stores: +0.5%
- 2020+0.4%In stores: −2.5%
- 2021+0.7%In stores: +3.7%
- 2022+2.5%In stores: +4.6%
- 2023−0.3%In stores: +0.2%
- 2024+0.7%In stores: +0.7%
- 2025−0.7%In stores: −0.0%
In 5 of the last 10 years this index and store prices moved in the same direction. Import prices are measured before U.S. duties, freight to the store and retail markup, which together make up much of the shelf price, so a change at the border moves the store price by much less.
Other stages
- Factory-gate footwear prices+3.1%12 months to September 2026
- Men’s shoes at the factory gate+3.7%12 months to September 2026
- Women’s shoes at the factory gate+1.2%12 months to September 2026
- Athletic, rubber and plastic shoes at the factory gate+1.2%12 months to September 2026
- Shoe store margins−41.3%12 months to September 2026
- Imported leather-upper footwear+1.2%12 months to September 2026
- Footwear imported from China+4.0%12 months to September 2026
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, series EIUIR40040 (Imported footwear (import price index)), base 2000=100. How we calculate