Footwear industry engages with new government
The Fashion Industry Meeting took place during the August edition of SAPICA, gathering representatives from footwear, apparel, and supply chambers, along with government officials and entrepreneurs.
The sector extended a special invitation to Marcelo Ebrard, Secretary of Economy for President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, to familiarize himself with the current state of the footwear and leather industries.
Mauricio Battaglia Velázquez, President of CICEG and CANAICAL, highlighted that unfair practices in the global market have led to an 18% decline in production activity and a 15% reduction in employment between August 2023 and 2024.
CICEG projects that footwear manufacturing will drop to 185 million pairs in 2024, down from 205 million pairs last year.