The footwear sector calls on the Government to access the business solvency support measures set forth in RDL 5/2021
Now is the time to recognize the efforts of the footwear sector during the pandemic.
From the footwear sector we continue to see with surprise not includeds among the sectors eligible for the extraordinary measures to support business solvency in response to the Covid pandemic established in Royal Decree Law 5/2021. Therefore, the industry has united to demand that this inexplicable situation be corrected.
Our request joint is conclusive: “footwear should be included as a susceptible recipient of these extraordinary measures due to the very delicate situation it is facing, leading the industrial sectors with a drop of 28.2% in the Industrial Production Index (IPI) in 2020.This is the highest in the historical series of footwear and higher than that of other industrial sectors that are eligible for support lines. In addition to these figures, there are other equally worrying ones: the Turnover Index (NTI) of the leather and footwear industry fell by 23.6%; 7,291 people lost their jobs, which means a 16.8% drop in employment. In addition, exports fell back to 2013 figures with a drop of 15.7%..All these data reflect that the footwear sector is one of the “most affected sectors” referred to in Royal Decree-Law 5/2021.“.
We understand that the Spanish footwear manufacturing industry (CNAE 1520) and wholesale distribution (CNAE 4642), both headings under which our companies are covered by JOVER GROUP, should be included in the subsidies, just as their retail trade is included. From business associations considersn that the entire value chain of the sector should be equally supported by these measures, which are so necessary and vital for the maintenance of economic activity and employment. It is an injustice to the footwear sector; it is incomprehensible that the Government should leave part of the Spanish industry unprotected, leaving out of these support measures a sector that from the very first moment has been committed with all its means to help those who were in the front line of the fight against the pandemic.
From professional associations are required to correct esta The company will be able to provide access to these protection and support measures to companies in the footwear sector. Now is the time to recognize the efforts of the footwear sector and to give them the oxygen that these measures imply. The footwear sector presents itself as a united block to reverse this situation, which we consider a mistake. remediable.
