Mexico Is Ready To Sell Its Shoes To Mainland China.

After years of hard competition with China's footwear industry, Mexico's footwear industry is ready to carry out the related footwear industry promotion plan, producing noble fashion footwear and exporting to mainland China.

According to the estimation of the shoe industry in Mexico, about 20 million pairs of shoes made in mainland China illegally enter the country of Mexico.

Mexico is one of the major footwear producers in the world, but not a major exporter.

More than 70% of the world's footwear exports are from mainland China, Italy, Hongkong, Spain, Vietnam, Germany, Belgium and Brazil, according to the Guanajuato state Footwear Industry Association (CICEG).

Luis Vieira, ProMexico's representative in Shanghai, said that the demand for imported footwear in mainland China is increasing and has great market potential for the footwear industry of Mexico.

The Mexico shoemaking industry also predicts that attracting Chinese investors to invest in co operation will help attract other foreign markets, mainly for the United States.

CICEG chairman Jose Antonio Abugaber said that the United States imports more than 1 billion 900 million pairs of footwear every year, with a loss of 15% to 20%, and Mexico can seize this opportunity.

Mexico can use its superior location to supply the US market with less time, and has better logistics system and enjoys zero import tariffs.

In contrast, China's footwear imports into the United States should be subject to 12% import duties.

Besides, the shoes made in China are of diversity, quality and reasonable price.

The promotion plan of Mexico's shoemaking industry is not only beneficial to itself, but also its suppliers and skins industry can expand the Asian market.

Roberto Novoa, chairman of the ANPIC, said that suppliers in Mexico had sold fur, leather and related chemical products to mainland China manufacturers, but sales potential was still high.

Although the footwear industry promotion plan has not yet had a definite start date, Mexico has prepared its shoe making materials and designs to sell footwear to mainland China.