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Argentina: industry minister wants manufacturers to make more shoes from local leather

25/06/2012

Argentina’s industry minister, Débora Giorgi, has said she welcomes the export performance of the country’s leather sector, but that she believes it can do better. She reiterated that the government wants the footwear industry there to use more local leather, to produce more shoes (200 million pairs by 2020, compared to 115 million pairs in 2011) ...

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