Monday, April 9, 2012

Mexican Footwear Trade Agreement Came into Effect on May 1

With the strong response of the Mexican footwear manufacturers in the beginning of the year, the Mexican government recently announced a new agreement in order to control the price of footwear products imported from China. China and Mexico before the tariff agreement expires in December 2011. In early 2012, the Mexican footwear industry officials said that imports from China rose sharply in January 2012, Mexico imported from China, almost 1.5 million pairs of shoes. Compared to January 2011, also tariff agreement of Skate Shoes figure is just only 490,000, which means that in January 2012, import volume growth of 200%.
From these data, Armando Martín, Duenas, Mexico Guanajuato State Footwear Industry Chamber of Commerce has repeatedly warned that if current trends continue, Mexico will have 200 companies closed down before the end of this year, is expected to have 35,000 people are facing unemployment . At present, Mexican Economy Minister Bruno Ferrari has announced a new agreement to limit imports of footwear from China, because the price will affect the local market in Mexico.
The customs officials of both sides will further regulation from China's footwear exports to the Mexican market. Mexican authorities will be as much as possible to prevent them from unfair cheap shoes to enter their country. The new agreement will take effect from May 1 this year, expire on December 31, 2014.
It's written by GoodLandShoes date 4.5.2012

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