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Colombia | 10/01/2022

Manufacturers protested price increases


The strong rises in leather, made the producers request the intervention of the government to regulate the market.

At the end of last October, in Bucaramanga there were numerous protests by footwear manufacturers. As reported, furrier suppliers exceeded the value of the materials required for manufacturing, with increases that reached up to 50% in prices.

The producers expressed their disagreement and requested government actions to achieve fair values, according to the representative of the sector in Bucaramanga -David Rodríguez-.