Imported shoes have flooded Indonesian market, posing a threat to the country’s small and middle-scale footwear industry, shoemakers say.
Chairman of Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo) Eddy Widjanarko said Thursday imports of shoes increased by between 50 and 55 percent in the first semester of the year compared to the same period last year.
“Our exports surged, so did our imports,” he said as quoted by kompas.com.
The Trade Ministry data revealed that realization of footwear imports rose from US$78.9 million in May of this year to $91.9 million in June.
Eddy said most of the imported footwear products were casual office shoes, rubber sandals, rubber shoes and non-branded formal shoes.
“The imports of office shoes course seize the market share of domestic industry,” he said. He predicted that imported non-branded formal shoes accounted for 80 percent of the product in the market.
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