Marikina was the biggest manufacturer of quality shoes, and Marikina
produced 70% of the shoe production in the Philippines. It is also the
Philippines' largest exporter of leather shoes throughout the world. Most of
locally produced shoes are made in Marikina, it produced shoes which is made of
rubber, wood (bakya) and plastic as well as sandals, slippers and other
footwear that tagged Marikina as the Shoe Capital of the Philippines. Hundreds
of footwear establishments are located across the city and generates thousands
of jobs that remained the shoe and leather industry still the top livelihood in
the city. By the
