Footwear Sales In Columbia Increased By &Nbsp; Still Affected By Contraband Products.

On the opening ceremony of the international footwear and leather exhibition (IFLS) held in Bogota, Columbia, Columbia shoes, Leatherwear Luis Gustavo Fl Fl rez, executive director of the leather goods Association (ACICAM), said industry Good results have been achieved, as well as in import and international market Illegal products and illegal varieties found in action were taken to prevent them from happening.

According to Fl rez, sales of footwear increased 27.3% from January 2011 to May, 6.3% of tanning leather and 4.7% of leather products. Fl shoes rez said: "footwear sales increased by 24.3%, indicating that this figure is in line with the development of higher level business activities".

Fl rez pointed out that although the industry is growing globally, it is still affected by contraband. He explained: "last year, China imported 27 million pairs of shoes, of which 4 million pairs of shoes were priced less than 1 dollars." He said: "this is quite unreasonable. In addition, the tax amount has also lost millions of soapy, and it is also unable to compete with such a real price at all."

On the other hand, Fl rez brings good news on exports. "In the current year, the volume of exports increased by 66%, footwear exports increased by 71%, leather products increased by 52%, and leather increased by 32%."

"We will face more challenges in clothing and design. Companies are also accelerating the pace of production to cater to the needs of consumers. Therefore, as the most important week in the national leather industry, we will hold 27 fashion shows."

After hearing the accusation of Fl rez, Sergio, D, az-Granados, Minister of trade, industry and tourism, said that the import could not be restricted because "it would affect the competition in the internal market".

D az-Granados also said: "we are concerned about the issue of illegal activities put forward by the Columbia shoe, leather and leather products association. For this reason, we hope to inspire the initiative in creating new businesses." He also admitted that "efforts to do inadequate", because of this, "we should do our best to clear illicit products", and he also promised to "develop more stringent label management and new consumer bill", at present, the bill is under consideration in Congress.

The international footwear and leather exhibition (IFLS) has not only participated in more than 400 enterprises (including leather, footwear and leather products industry and department fashion jewelry company), but also has a good reputation from Columbia and neighboring countries.

With regard to the problem of importing goods into "cheap goods" (selling price below cost price) and contraband goods, it is worth reminding us of the recent events at the UNASUR meeting. Columbia President Juan Manuel Santos encourages local countries to set up mechanisms to avoid the appreciation of local currencies in South America, thereby offsetting speculative investment funds into the region. He also called for an end to the import of low-grade goods from the South American Union market, which is a product of the development of the national crisis and will become a "cheap goods" in South America.