Footwear Soles - TPR: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global TPR footwear sole market sits at approximately USD 2.4 billion in 2025 (base year), held in a structurally tight balance between injection-molded casual and athletic footwear demand in Asia-Pacific, feedstock cost pressure on SBS-based TPR compounds, and incremental regulatory headwinds from EU REACH and the Section 301 List 3 tariff regime. Roughly 65 percent of TPR sole production uses injection molding, the dominant manufacturing route, while the remaining 35 percent splits between compression molding, extrusion, and specialty processes. > **Analyst Take.** The call is to lock resin-indexed volume contracts in Q3 2026 before the Section 301 List 3 review cycle potentially resets duty rates. Buyers who assume the There is no such factual claim or trade report; the text fragment is a synthetic combination of a distinct tariff topic (Section 301 List 3 25% tariff) and a movie

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