The export restrictions on leather enacted in Nicaragua have allowed for a 7% increase in the activities of shoe factories in 2012.
Laprensa.com.ni reports that the "export restraints on hides and skins, adopted by ministerial agreement on 9 November, is already yielding positive results for the national production of footwear, which will have increased by seven percent this year, five percent higher than 2011.
In Nicaragua, an agreement has been made to allocate 20% of the leather production for use in the local footwear industry.
"Banning the importation of raw hide and designating about twenty percent, or whatever it takes, for the production of finished leather for local consumption, are some of the measures to be established in order to strengthen the production chain and leather industry in the country", said Laprensa.com.ni.
Domestic production of footwear grew from 1 million pairs of shoes 7 years ago,to 3.5 million in 2011, of which one million were exported abroad.
Alejandro Delgado, president of the National Chamber of Leather Footwear and Allies argues that better quality and better prices in relation to the imported product have led to large gains in the last decade.
The shortage of processed leather in Nicaragua is affecting shoe manufacturing workshops, who are currently importing from Mexico.
A failure of one of the leather processing providers has prevented the normal functioning of the footwear industry for almost the entire month of November, say leaders of the Chamber of Leather and Footwear.
An article in Laprensa.com.ni reports that, "This has stopped the manufacture of 150 thousand pairs of shoes, which were expected to be sold in December, when there is great demand due to school promotions, communions and other special seasonal celebrations. "
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