The Survival Space Of Local Shoe Enterprises Is Getting Smaller, And The Export Of Kenya'S Small And Medium Shoe Enterprises Is Facing A Crisis.

The shoe manufacturers association of Kenya called on the government to protect the local footwear industry. Cheap imported shoes are hurting small businesses.

M Wa Ulla, chairman of the association, said that the 80% footwear industry in the region was occupied by China and India, squeezing the living space of local shoe companies.

In addition to the lack of market competitiveness, backward production skills, shortage of talent and capital are the plight of Kenya's small shoe factories.

In addition, local shoe companies also face counterfeit shoes.

The unfair competition environment of dumping of private and imported products and high import tariffs of raw materials.

The government has issued relevant standards to protect the local footwear industry from the impact of cheap imported shoes.

The shoe manufacturers association of Kenya urged the government to intervene in the footwear industry development strategy to support local small and medium sized businesses.

Development.

The five year development strategy plan of footwear industry proposed by Kenya includes the establishment of Ma Tsakos Leather Industrial Park and two other industrial parks, the development of shoe-making supporting industries, loans, regular training and technical exchanges to support the development of footwear industry.

The Kenya shoemaker association also hopes to improve the cooperative relationship between large enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises through subcontracting.

At the same time, they want to encourage people to buy shoes made in their own country.

For this reason,

The cabinet secretary of the Ministry of industry and Trade said that the government will set up a revolving fund to support the development of small and medium sized shoemaking enterprises, and provide production sites for small and medium-sized shoe making enterprises in the Ma Tsakos leather industrial park.

Ma Tsakos leather industrial park is under construction and will be put into use in 18-24 months.

Ma Tsakos Leather Industrial Park provides one-stop service to leather processing and its products enterprises. The industrial park is open to domestic and foreign investors.

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Leather shoes (leather shoe) refers to shoes made of natural leather as shoe upper, leather or rubber, plastic, PU foam and PVC as sole, and processed by sewing, gluing or injection molding.

Leather shoes are breathable, moisture absorbing, and have good hygienic properties. They are the highest grade shoes in all kinds of shoes.

The relationship between supply and demand, price changes and technical quality of products in the upstream industry has a certain impact on the development and profitability of the industry, mainly in the following aspects: (1) changes in raw material prices will directly lead to changes in procurement costs, which will have a certain impact on the profit level of leather shoes; secondly, the quality and performance of raw materials will affect the quality and durability of products.

As far as the status quo is concerned, leather is the main raw material for leather shoes industry. With the development of the industry, the leather industry is becoming more and more closely linked to the leather shoes industry.

In recent years, China's leather industry has formed regional and professional industry characteristics through the optimization of industrial structure.

The development of leather industry to high-quality direction provides an opportunity and guarantee for upgrading the grade and added value of domestic leather shoes industry.

Leather shoes are terminal consumer goods, and downstream are leather shoes retailers and consumers.

With the rapid development of the economy, the level of disposable income of residents has been continuously improved, consumption ability has been gradually improved, brand awareness has been gradually enhanced, and consumption grades have been gradually improved, which has promoted the rapid growth of the consumption of high-grade leather shoes.

According to the relevant data released in the "2017-2022 China leather shoes manufacturing market monitoring and investment prospects Research Report": in 2015, the export amount of leather shoes in China was 68 billion 371 million yuan, the annual import amount was 9 billion 62 million yuan, the domestic apparent consumption scale was 404 billion 324 million yuan, according to the total population of 1 billion 374 million 620 thousand people in 2015: in 2015, the average per capita consumption of leather shoes in China was 294.14 yuan, and the average per capita demand was 2.80 pairs.

For more information, please pay attention to the world clothing shoes and hats net report.