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EXPOCAIPIC | 08/11/2022

EXPOCAIPIC: Suppliers presented Autumn-Winter 2023, in times of work and not a few worries

The fair for supplies, materials, components, accessories and technology in Buenos Aires was a benchmark for the next collections of footwear and manufactures.


At times, a large audience toured the stands looking for novelties in materials and components.

​On Tuesday 1st, Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd November, the 68th edition of EXPOCAIPIC, the fair of Argentine suppliers, was held at the Costa Salguero in Buenos Aires, organized by CAIPIC, the industrial chamber that represents them.

Visitors, including manufacturers, representatives, wholesalers, operators, designers and people linked to the footwear industry, showed interest in learning about the suppliers' offer with a view to planning the winter collections, at a time of activity, not without difficulties arising from political and economic instability which make it impossible to make accurate projections.

The Argentine footwear industry, like the industry in general, is going through an inflationary period, with the consequent volatility of prices, to which is added, the complicated access to raw materials and components, especially imported ones, due to restrictions and bureaucracy in imports, as a result of the lack of foreign currency of the Argentine state. In addition to its own causes, there is a critical and complex international environment.

New import systems have been modified and regulated for greater control and efficiency, but industrial circles insist on the lack of unified management and political decision to establish definitive guidelines for the sector.

Exhibitors and sectors

Although the number of exhibitors was somewhat less than in previous editions -there were 53 companies with 94 stands- the content of the proposal fulfilled its function as a benchmark for trends.

EXPOCAIPIC was reiterated as the main point of contact for suppliers with the market, and as participants join, the opportunities will expand.

In this sense, CAIPIC’s Board of Directors recommends to its members on the importance and convenience of joint participation, since this way the event gains in volume, diversity, interest and call for the benefit of all: exhibitors and visitors.

The most numerous sector in the last EXPOCAIPIC was materials, components and accessories with 26 companies; followed by hides and tanneries 9; press 7; services and institutions 5; machines and technology 4, and chemical products 2.

​Visitors and origins

The main manufacturers and professionals of the sector from the different productive hubs of the country, and from neighboring countries, such as Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Brazil, attended. The estimated number of visitors was more than 1,500 people.

Next Spring-Summer 2023/24 edition

It will be held at the same fairgrounds in Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, in May 2023, with days to be confirmed.

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