This combination has made Colombian exports less competitive in the world market, and has led to a 12% drop in footwear exports in the last ten months and a 7.1% fall in shipments of other leather goods.

ACICAM’s president, Luis Gustavo Flórez, said this week that his organisation had engaged a specialist Brazilian consultancy to help leather and footwear manufacturers in Colombia re-structure their businesses and become less dependent on the value of the US dollar. He described the programme as “a very rigorous change-management process”, with the focus on production management.

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