IMPORTS. Key to the future of the Peruvian footwear industry
On the threshold of defining by whom will lead the country’s destinies in the coming years, the population in general and the industry in particular, await the first political decisions regarding imports and exports, to draw a projection of this activity.
Keiko Fujimori, from Fuerza Popular, defender of free trade, does not want to interfere with imports, letting the market itself regulate transactions; while Pedro Castillo, from Perú Libre, with a view of support for the national industry, has promised a greater control of imports, with a selective entry of what is strictly necessary.
Thus, within the footwear sector of Peru, voices of support and repudiation are raised about one and the other position.
From the Chamber of Leather and Footwear of Trujillo, its president Vladimir de la Roca, argued that an eventual closure of imports would seriously affect the industry, since it would be impossible to purchase materials, supplies and components abroad, which are indispensable for manufacturing. This would reduce productions and exports.
However, other manufacturers in the department of La Libertad, the province of Trujillo and the district of El Porvenir, recognized as one of the areas with the highest production of footwear, point out that the indiscriminate and irregular importation of finished products is undermining the local industry. They point out that fiscal control is null on imported footwear, many of which enter at under-invoiced prices, and it is impossible to compete. For this reason, they demand immediate State intervention to order and solve this situation.
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