Iranian shoe makers ask for state support
16.06.2011 4009

Iranian shoe makers ask for state support

Ali Lashgari, deputy chairman of the board of directors of the shoe industry company, said that the country's footwear industry, which employs about 1 million people, needs government support, in particular, to reduce or abolish certain taxes. This was reported by Riamoda agency with reference to Iran News.

Ali Lashgari noted that importing shoes cannot cause significant damage to the industry, but it is important that manufacturers do not have other problems, such as rising prices for raw materials and numerous taxes.

According to Ali Lashgari, today the cost of raw materials has reached 39,2% of the price of finished products, and this leads to an increase in the final cost of shoes. Rising prices for raw materials creates problems primarily for manufacturers, since they cannot reduce their production costs and, at the same time, deliver products to the market at a price lower than their real final cost.

Ali Lashgari recalled that currently the volume of footwear production exceeds the domestic needs of the country and the government, having undertaken certain obligations, can put an end to the import of low-quality Chinese shoes.

The Iranians have already realized that Chinese shoes are not of high quality, and refuse to buy it. Chinese shoes are smuggled into the Iranian market. As for the import of shoes, today, through official channels, these products are supplied from Turkey, Vietnam and some countries of East Asia.

Ali Lashgari said Iranian shoes are exported to countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, and stressed that Iranian shoe makers plan to produce products that meet European standards in order to start shipping them to European countries.

Ali Lashgari, deputy chairman of the board of directors of the shoe industry company, said that the country's shoe industry, which employs about 1 million people, needs a state ...
5
1
Rating

Latest News

Shoe factories continue to shrink in Italy

The crisis has put 4000 jobs at risk in the Italian province of Veneto. Businesses and unions are sounding the alarm, and local companies are being forced to use social protection systems to avoid layoffs and closures, writes La…
22.05.2025 140

Geox Group sales down 2,4%

The Italian Geox Group presented its results for the first quarter of 2025, consolidated sales for the first three months of 2025 amounted to 189 million euros, which is 2,4% less than in the same period a year earlier, writes…
22.05.2025 126

Jimmy Choo Launches Archival Collection

Jimmy Choo continues to exploit the fashionable flair it earned when it first appeared in the cult American TV series Sex In the City. The brand has decided to release an archive collection, including…
21.05.2025 296

In France, more than 3000 stores in the fashion segment have closed in five years

Since the pandemic began in 2020, the fashion sector in France has seen around sixty bankruptcies. And since the beginning of this year, at least six fashion retail chains have been affected by legal proceedings, including Jennyfer, Café Coton and Kaporal, - reports…
20.05.2025 497

Pierpaolo Piccioli is the new creative director of Balenciaga

Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli, 57, has been appointed creative director of the Balenciaga fashion house. He replaces Demna Gvasalia, who moved to Gucci two months ago…
20.05.2025 454
When you sign up, you will receive weekly news and articles about the shoe business on your e-mail.

To the beginning