Footwear Industry In Mexico Urges The Government To Speed Up Negotiations With China

January 4th news

The footwear industry in Mexico requires the authorities to reach a resolution on the bilateral and common modes of the Chinese government to stop the disintegration of various markets under the threat of footwear from China, in accordance with the terms of protection of China's WTO membership statute and the Chinese government.

In addition, the formal request also requires that commercial measures be implemented without the result of bilateral consultations.

The footwear industry in Mexico has sufficient evidence and sufficient basis to prove that imports from China pose a great threat to the footwear industry in Mexico.

The situation began to deteriorate in December 11th last year, when temporary tariffs on Chinese products were abolished.

CICEG chairman Armando Mart n Due Due as is confident that the economic officer will accept their request.

He explained, "as early as a few months ago, the footwear manufacturers had submitted all the essential elements to the authorities to make the economic officers take reasonable measures".

He said: "we are very sure that if the" threat of China "caused by the cancellation of temporary tariffs is eliminated, the footwear industry in Guanajuato will soon be able to recover.

At the same time, Juan Alonso Ni o, chairman of CICEJ, added: "the Mexico government knows that footwear industry is one of the most representative sectors in the country, for two reasons: the employment opportunities created by the industry and the economic benefits brought by the industry".

He also said: "the relevant units and individuals will try to avoid the crisis as soon as possible, which manufacturers should rest assured."

The two presidents are convinced that once the commercially available measures are implemented, the size and size of these two states will resume growth.

The state of Guanajuato and the state of Mexico are the first shoe manufacturing sites in the country.

They also said that the legal mechanism for implementing these commercial measures is "adequate and existing".

They have repeatedly stressed this point to the economic affairs officer responsible for dealing with this matter.

The two chairmen clearly pointed out that if the bilateral consultations between the Mexico government and the Chinese government failed, and thus led to the continued collapse of the footwear products market, the economic officer could implement a "commercial solution", as long as the relevant units and individuals insisted on the legal procedures.

Key data:

1. from 2000 to 2010, the number of footwear products exported from China to the Mexico market increased by 475%.

From January 2011 to September, the export data increased by 32%.

2. if this trend continues, the output of local footwear products in Mexico will drop by 51% in 2011-2015 years and 35000 jobs in 2012.

During the 5 years, 700 factories will be forced to close and jobs will be reduced by 55000.

3. after the end of the compensatory quotas, 62000 enterprises are threatened in all sectors.

The 62000 companies have created 570000 jobs.

In terms of footwear industry, the number of jobs created by the industry is 244 million pairs per year.

As for the actual situation described above, it seems that Mexico's economic affairs officer will have to make difficult decisions.

If the footwear products from China are allowed to flow freely, the traditional footwear industry in Mexico will suffer heavy losses and cause a large number of workers to lose their jobs.