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Argentina | 05/10/2020

GREEN LIGHT FOR FOOTWEAR. The industry resumes activities.

In addition to textiles and clothing, according to regulations of provincial and municipal authorities.


Gradually the footwear industry of Argentina, will resume production with a view to normalizing the entire sector chain.

After the confirmation in a press conference on May 8, on the extension of the quarantine with some flexibilities for the national territory, except for the City of Buenos Aires and the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, some details of the new Decree of Necessity and Urgency emerged (DNU), that will take effect on May 11, 2020.

In addition to extending the Preventive and Mandatory Social Isolation until Sunday, May 24 inclusive, it establishes that, among other industrial branches, the manufacture of footwear, textiles and clothing will be enabled, without the use of public transport.

This last regulation refers to the fact that the industrial businessman must take charge of the transport of personnel, to avoid the use of public and collective means of transport. It was also clarified that those over 60 years of age, pregnant women and people in risk groups continue to be exempted from working.

Taking into account the characteristics of the sector and geographic location

All activities should be developed under strict sanitary measures, isolation and safety according to the protocols issued by the competent authorities.

Even so, the governors, according to the status of the quarantine in their respective provinces, may decide exceptions according to the criteria established by the Ministry of Health of the Nation. Excluded from these exceptions are the head of government of the city of Buenos Aires and the governor of the same province.

Córdoba

Consulted the president of the Chamber of the Footwear Industry of Córdoba, Miguel Hames, about the situation in the province, he replied that in recent contacts with local government authorities, they assured him that the authorization of the industry is practically defined for the week that begins, within the framework of the presidential announcements of May 8, where the footwear sector is included as exempt from quarantine.

The authorities of the province are awaiting the signature of the DNU of the national government, to implement agreements between the industries associations and their respective unions, to elaborate a definitive protocol that governs the activity of each sector.

Santa Fe

By management of the Industrial Federation of the province before the secretary of industry of the nation, Ariel Schale, together with the secretary of industry of the province of Santa Fe, Claudio Mozzus, FOOTWEAR and TEXTILE sectors managed to be exempted from quarantine and they were empowered to resume their activities.

The news is relevant because Santa Fe has three footwear producing poles in Acebal, Arroyo Seco and Gran Rosario.


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