PERU IN EMERGENCY. 90,000 shoemakers would run out of work
El Porvenir is the capital of district with same name, in the north of Peru, in Trujillo state from La Libertad region, one of the areas with the highest footwear production in the country.
The factory structure is made up of a large number of micro and small family-owned companies with few operators, which together generate direct and indirect work for 40% of the population, which represents more than 90.000 people.
Due to the serious economic situation resulting from restrictions and measures taken by health emergency, footwear production and commercialization are collapsing and on the verge of bankruptcy. For this reason, the mayor of El Porvenir has requested the national authorities to declare an emergency in the sector and urged that priority and necessary measures be taken to recover and reactivate the productive dynamic, so that in the short and medium term it can guarantee viability of the footwear industry.
Specifically, the authorities requested to central government to reactivate the Myperú Purchases Program and drive the ministries and official agencies to make shoe purchases.
In addition, they recommended to legislative representation of the La Libertad region carry out actions to help micro and small footwear companies at the national congress, seriously affected by the COVID-19 phenomenon. To complement this support, they also requested the expansion of the Business Support Fund and Reactive Peru, for greater accessibility to credit and increased sales.
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