Boost for Belarus’s footwear production
17/10/2013
A leather and footwear holding company has been set up in Belarus to support the government’s plan of relying less on footwear imports, which it hopes to reduce from 64% in 2012 to 31% in 2018. Upgrades at a newly established leatherworking and fur enterprise are in the pipeline, with a targeted output including 300,000 sheepskins per year. By...