Damascus-SANA
Despite the qualitative and quantitative development of Syrian leather products and the creations of Syrian craftsmen and industrialists, which are evident in the shapes and types of shoes and leather goods in the local market, these products face many challenges related to their marketing and export.
Head of the Leather Committee in the Damascus Chamber of Commerce, Muhammad Khair Darwish, stressed in a statement to SANA’s representative to work to overcome the obstacles facing the process of marketing leather, support its industry and export, and the importance of increasing job opportunities and operating sectors related to this industry directly or indirectly, in addition to providing loans to small and micro enterprises from In order to reach the stage of regular real production, provide studies of the costs of shoes and jackets from the producer to the merchant from the public and private sectors, and issue the invoice from the small workshops, by giving them a temporary commercial register to display their products in the market.
Member of the Leather Committee, General Manager of the General Company for Tanning, Georgette Suleiman, pointed out the importance of cooperation and coordination between the public and private sectors to advance the process of marketing leather products locally and abroad and to overcome the obstacles they face.
Suleiman indicated that the company was able to overcome many of the damages caused to some of its production lines as a result of terrorism and the repercussions of coercive economic measures, and it is currently satisfied with marketing its products locally to the public and private sectors, such as paws, jackets and leather belts, which are characterized by high quality and low prices by more than half compared to their counterparts in the markets.
Suleiman stressed that the export of the company's products is included in the future plan when capabilities are available, such as expert labor, increasing the number of cadres and providing them with modern production lines, especially that the colored leather recently produced by the company has met and received wide acceptance from consumers, which heralds the expansion of the company's products markets in general, especially of colored leather. .
Ahmed Souliman
