Who Can Revive The Shoe Making Industry In Tajikistan?

Not long ago, in the latest issue of advertising, advertisements for high skilled personnel in shoe making were advertised.

The advertisement surprised the economists in Tajikistan: for the first time in the past 15 years, there was a call for the revival of Tajikistan's shoe industry since its independence.

I want to know when Tajikistan was proud of this area.

The high quality sandals and sandals and children's shoes produced in Tajikistan enjoy a high reputation in the Soviet Union: they are like hot cakes, and muscovite and Kiev people are competing to buy them.

Now the shoe industry in Tajikistan needs reform, which is a problem that even the state, local entrepreneurs and foreign investors can not solve.

Attempts were made to establish joint shoemaking plants with Americans, Turks, Chinese and Koreans, but Tajikistan shoe manufacturers did not make any profit.

According to Hotergemhamad Umarov, a famous economist in Tajikistan, the problem is in all the investment and organization work during the process from the production of goods to the delivery of final customers. During the Soviet era, the state allocated funds, centralized supply of raw materials, adjusted the raw material procurement system, and finished product sales.

Few people know that in order to produce a pair of simple shoes, all kinds of raw materials are needed.

One shoe requires 150 materials: nails, shoe last, insole, fasteners and other components, which were provided by various regions in the past.

In the past, there were 5 largest manufacturers of leather shoes in Tajikistan, the most powerful shoe factories in the United Nations.

In 1989, Tajikistan shoe manufacturers produced 1 billion 100 million pairs of shoes.

In 2006, there were only 24000 pairs.

And the style is confined to artificial leather boots and waterproof rubber overshoes.

The shoemaking industry needs reliable financial support -- the former deputy factory director of Tajikistan first shoe factory said.

According to Uma Rolf, a doctor of the Academy of Economic Sciences, most countries in the world will subsidize the shoe making industry, including children's shoes.

Tajikistan can't invest in shoemaking.

Even in last week's national budget determined by Congress, there were no charts of financial measures for child shoe enterprises to revive.

Therefore, because of the low profit and large number of bureaucratic delays in small and medium businesses, neither local enterprises nor foreign investors are willing to establish even small shoemaking enterprises in Tajikistan, and adjust them to produce clothing and high-quality food.

Foreign companies --- Turks, Iran people, and other countries are willing to buy Leather in Tajikistan and then ship it abroad for foreign currency.

When leather comes back to China, it has been processed, and it is already the form of finished products. But of course, the price has risen several times. Although the news of leather production is strictly confidential, no matter who is secret, it can get raw materials in Tajikistan.

The quality of shoe making in Tajikistan and the daily necessities of high quality from Iran, Turkey, Taiwan, Korea and Uzbekistan are not different.

Why are low-quality goods so popular in Tajikistan?

The problem is that according to official statistics, more than 60% of Tajikistan residents are below the poverty line.

The minimum pension is 20 Somoni ($6), the average salary is $44. Correspondingly, the purchasing power of residents is low, so they have to buy foreign goods and cheap shoes in the market.

And the price in the supermarket is even more amazing -- a pair of shoes from 120 dollars to more.

Supermarkets earn very little. They take advance orders and businesses save them.

I have long forgotten the exhibition of shoes in Tajikistan.

A large number of farmers and Tajikistan entrepreneurs, animal husbandry workers and leather producers must be supported by the state. They must revive the ancient industry of leather processing and footwear production in Tajikistan.

The recovery of Tajikistan shoe makers' past reputation can only be resumed by the following measures: preferential taxes, low interest loans for domestic and foreign producers, and state subsidies for the production of children's shoes.

Mavrod Hamlayev, a famous designer in Tajikistan, thinks that he should have a patent brand.

Its style is not only famous at home but also abroad.

According to Hamm La Jef and other designers, the development of shoemaking industry will be interfered by bureaucrats. For this reason, foreign investors often neglect the shoe industry in Tajikistan.

Who can first create conditions for shoemaker to develop the footwear industry: state or private investors?