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Indian Footwear Industry The Footwear Industry is a significant segment of the Leather Industry in India.

India ranks second among the footwear producingcountries next to China. The ind ustry is labour intensive and is concentrated in the small and cottage industry sectors. While leather shoes and uppers are concentrated in large scale units, t he sandals and Chappals are produced in the household and cottage sector.India p roduces more of gents footwear while the world s major production is in ladies footwear . In the case of Chappals and sandals,use of non-leather material is prevalent i n the domestic market.The Indian footwear industry is provided with institutiona l infrastructure support through premier institutions like Central Leather Resea rch Institute, Chennai, Footwear Design & Development Institute, Noida, National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi,etc in the areas of technological de velopment, design and product development and human resource development.The ava ilability of abundant raw material base, large domestic market and the opportuni ty to cater to world markets makes India anattractive destination for technology and investments. Import In 1999, the global import of footwear (leather and non-leather) in terms of val ue was around US$ 43278 million, accounting a shareof 63.42% in the total global import of leather and leather products. Out of this, import of leather footwear alone accounted for US$26379 million and non-leather footwear US$ 16899 million . Export India s export of Leather Footwear touched US$ 331 million in 1999-2000, recording a n increase of 3.29% over the preceding year.India thus holds a share of 1.25% in the global import of leather footwear. The major markets for Indian Leather Foo twear are theU.K., the U.S.A., Germany, Italy, France and Russia. Nearly 71% of India s export of Leather Footwear is to Germany, the U.S.A.,the U.K and Italy.In 1 999-2000, export of leather footwear from India constituted 21% share of its tot al export of leather and leather products. Nearly 33million pairs of various typ es of leather footwear were exported during the year, out of which shoes / boots constituted 90%.18 The different types of leather footwear exported from India are dress shoes, cas uals, moccasins, sport shoes, horrachies, sandals, ballerinas, booties. TATA INTERNATIONAL:Tata International is India's leading footwear manufacturer and exporter. Versat ile and flexible manufacturing facilities in Dewas,Chennai and New Delhi in Indi a, reinforced with state of the art production units have helped Tata Internatio nal emerge as a leadingfootwear manufacturer and exporter.As a footwear manufact urer and exporter we have a high-end full shoe facility, Graziella Shoes Limited located at Chennai,established in a 50-50 Joint Venture with Pucci SRL of Italy . This footwear manufacturing facility produces 3,000 pairs per day of Full Shoe s with Italian Unit Soles and Indian Uppers. The high-quality shoes are sold to well established brands.Tata International's large and well-equipped production facilities at Dewas, Chennai and Delhi are both versatile and flexible. Ordersfr om 500 pairs to 2,50,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand) pairs can be handled w ith equal ease.Annual Capacity of our Leather Footwear division : Shoe Uppers 3 million pairs Full Shoes 2 million pairs. Leather Tanning Industry TATA offer the following products used in the leather Tanning Industry:Basic chrome s ulphateSodium dichromatePotassium bichromateWater Treatment Chemicals19 Tatas to bring Lloyd to Indian market After having established itself in the leather export markets, $1.6-billion Tata International is foraying into the retail leather segment.As a first step, the company is launching Europe's premium luxury shoe and leather accessories brand, `Lloyd' of Germany, in India."We have been in the leather exports business for

long, and now, we want to be an integrated player in this space. This is the fir st stepfor us. Our strategy, as we go forward, is to double our leather business in the next three years," said Sunil Deoras, managing director,Tata Internation al.Currently, the leather business accounts for Rs 550 crore, thanks mainly to e xports. "There is a strong synergy between Lloyd and theTata brand. In India, th ere is a growing breed of discerning consumers who have a distinctive lifestyle and to whom understatedelegance and quality appeal." Priced in the range of Rs 9 ,000 to Rs 24,000 for men's shoes and Rs 8,000 onwards for women's shoes,the bra nd will be available at the newly opened exclusive Lloyd's store in south Mumbai . The company is planning to open another store in Delhi by the end of this year .20

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