Indonesia Shoe Association Lowered Its 2012 Slippers Export Index

On March 7th, President Addie of the Indonesian Footwear Association (Eddy Widjanarko) told reporters in Jakarta yesterday: "because of several domestic companies Slipper The regional minimum wage (UMR) stipulated in the production center is very high, resulting in a reduction of US $1 billion in the export of slippers this year to $3 billion.

He also said that in addition to the minimum wage in the area concerned, the government of Brazil was in charge of production. Adidas (Adidas) 5 enterprises in China and Nike (Nike) brand shoes began to verify the process because they were presumed to act against dumping circumvention.

He continued that the 5 shoe companies were expected to become intermediaries from Chinese manufacturers so that they could enter the Brazil market or conduct anti-dumping actions.

During the verification process, the government of Brazil will investigate the existing information. Today, shoemaking factories from China originally need to come from other countries, including China's raw materials, but they do not conduct anti-dumping avoidance.

"Shoe products are global manufacturing, and their ingredients come from different countries," he stressed. We are optimistic that our shoe factories are not proved to be anti circumvention. "

Because the market of target countries, such as the United States and the weak market in European countries, the Indonesian Footwear Association predicts domestic slippers. Exit It will become weaker, but the government will continue to improve the potential of the slippers industry by restructuring its slippers machinery.

As we all know, M.S Hidayat, the Minister of industry, said that the slippers industry is one of the two labor-intensive projects, such as the textile industry and its products (TPT), which receive assistance from the government to reorganize the machinery. I hope that the above mentioned aid will enhance the competitiveness of the slippers industry.