Raw material shortage holds Venezuelan footwear back
01/09/2015
These comments came from footwear industry workers’ representative Wilmer Solano at a recent press conference.
Mr Solano said Venezuela has the capacity to produce around 80 million pairs of shoes per year, but said current production levels are running at levels of between 35 million and 40 million pairs annually. He said the main reason for this is a lack of raw materials rather than a lack of willingness on the part of footwear manufacturers to employ workers and produce shoes in Venezuela.
He said things have changed now from the days in the recent past when footwear companies were happy to employ “just four or five sales people and a fleet of lorries” to distribute cheap, imported shoes. “That situation has turned around now,” Mr Solano said.
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