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US shoe importers on course to pay an extra $2 billion in tariffs this year

16/09/2025

Industry body Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) has said the tariff announcements of 2025 are likely to cost its member companies an extra $2 billion this year. 

In comments to media in mid-September, FDRA chief executive, Matt Priest, said the organisation’s 500 member companies were already paying around $3 billion per year to import footwear into the US.

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