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Optimism abounds in Mexican shoe sector as Sapica beckons

07/03/2013
In the build-up to the next edition of the Sapica leather and footwear exhibition, which will take place in León, Mexico, from March 14-17, the president of the organiding body, Fernando Márquez, predicted that Mexico’s footwear business would grow by 5% this year, creating 5,000 new jobs in the process.

Mr Márquez said growth would come because of the economic stability Mexico is experiencing at the moment, which he explained had led to an increase in inward investment in the country.

For his part, Alejandro Gómez Támez, current president of the local footwear industry association in Guanajuato, the state that plays host to Sapica, said in the days leading up to the start of the March edition that Mexican footwear manufacturers had exported 24 million pairs of shoes and boots in 2012, an increase of 10% on the previous year.

In terms of value, these exports were worth $520 million, an increase of 27% on the figure for 2011. Mexican shoes had an average export price of $21. The share of the total export values of leather shoes was 82% and leather shoes had an average price per pair of $43.

Around 80% of Mexico’s footwear exports in 2012 went to the US.

The footwear industry in Mexico lays claim to supporting more than 570,000 jobs, 275,000 of them directly linked to shoe manufacturing.

Organisers said they were expecting 35,000 visitors to the March edition of Sapica, at which 850 exhibitors were to have their products on display.


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