Successful year for Huajian in Ethiopia
18/12/2013
Huajian announced in May that it would turn its plant in Ethiopia into a special industrial and residential zone over an area of 300 hectares in the course of the next ten years. It said in mid-December that its set-up in the African country had performed well in 2013.
Output from its Ethiopian factory in the first ten months of this year exceeded 800,000 pairs of shoes, generating revenue of $13 million.
Across the group, Huajian produces 18 million pairs of shoes a year, mostly as an outsource manufacturing partner for brands including Nine West, Coach, Guess, Marco Polo and Zara. More than 80% of its shoes are made of leather.
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