By the end of year 2011 the high tariff imposed on imported Chinese shoe will be called off in Mexico, shoe production in the industry will be reduced by at least 27% by then, said the Mexican Footwear Chamber (CICEG). Therefore a Latin America Footwear Conference was called in Guanajuato to probe the solution.
According to CICEG reports, the current Mexican footwear production is 0.24 million pairs, if the imposing high tariff was canceled the imported Chinese shoes would increase as much as three times within the two years, the Mexican production would drop 27% to 0.175 million pairs, 0.1 million workers may loss their jobs.
During the Latin America Footwear Conference president Armando Martin Duenas of CICEG in Guanajuato asked their government to extend the tariff imposed on imported Chinese shoes to protect their footwear industry and requested to impose certificate of origin on imported shoes.
The countries of Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador, Paraguay and Spain attended the conference.
