Golos Armeniyi - five million pairs of shoes can be manufactured in Armenia per year
25.11.2014,
13:55
Armenia can bring its footwear industry output up to 5 million pairs per year, Golos Armeniyi newspaper says.
YEREVAN, November 25. /ARKA/. Armenia can bring its footwear industry output up to 5 million pairs per year, Golos Armeniyi newspaper says.
The country has large footwear manufacturing capacities (Yerevan leather Plant is the biggest), and if they are used, the output may reach 5 million per year, still far from 18 million pairs produced in 1990, the newspaper says referring to Armen Yeganyan, the head of industrial policies department at Armenia’s ministry of economy.
The problem is to provide the national footwear sector with good-quality leather supplies and to ensure the entire chain, from proper cattle housing conditions to civilized slaughtering, from training professional fashion designers to showcasing products at foreign target markets, he said.
Some five up-to-standard slaughteries are currently built in Armenia as part of cooperation between the ministry of economy and the ministry of agriculture. Apart from this, the government Industrial Development Fund provides co-financing for companies to participate in international exhibitions, for their certification, and etc.
“The same can be said about the textile industry, and we are preparing to participate in an Armenian fashion event in Moscow to showcase our models and to promote the demand. We need to just work hard…”, Yeganyan said.
According to Armenia’s Union of Local Manufacturers, a total of about 4,000 tons of leather is imported to the country every year. –0—
The country has large footwear manufacturing capacities (Yerevan leather Plant is the biggest), and if they are used, the output may reach 5 million per year, still far from 18 million pairs produced in 1990, the newspaper says referring to Armen Yeganyan, the head of industrial policies department at Armenia’s ministry of economy.
The problem is to provide the national footwear sector with good-quality leather supplies and to ensure the entire chain, from proper cattle housing conditions to civilized slaughtering, from training professional fashion designers to showcasing products at foreign target markets, he said.
Some five up-to-standard slaughteries are currently built in Armenia as part of cooperation between the ministry of economy and the ministry of agriculture. Apart from this, the government Industrial Development Fund provides co-financing for companies to participate in international exhibitions, for their certification, and etc.
“The same can be said about the textile industry, and we are preparing to participate in an Armenian fashion event in Moscow to showcase our models and to promote the demand. We need to just work hard…”, Yeganyan said.
According to Armenia’s Union of Local Manufacturers, a total of about 4,000 tons of leather is imported to the country every year. –0—
