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Indonesia: 400,000 workers in footwear industry lose jobs due to COVID-19

Close to 400,000 workers in the Indonesian leather and footwear industry are foreced to stop working due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary statistics.
Indonesia: 400,000 workers in footwear industry lose jobs due to COVID-19 ảnh 1Employees at an Indonesian leather firm (Source: Jakarta Post)


Jakarta (VNA) – Close to 400,000 workers in the Indonesian leather and footwear industry areforeced to stop working due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary statistics.

The Indonesian FootwearProducers Association (Aprisindo)'s Chairman Firman Bakri said the country's leather andfootwear industry has been seriously affected by the pandemic.

Particularly,since February 2020, the supply of input materials for production has been disrupted because major Chinese suppliers have suspended operations, he said.

Manyfactories had to temporarily close, while some are still trying to maintainoperations but with a capacity of only about 40 percent to complete exportorders, he added.

Firman noted that this situation could prolong and the number of workers who have toleave jobs will increase in the coming time./.

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