According to Total News, quoted by ISNA, the shoe industry has special international dimensions and a large number of foreign businessmen have attended this exhibition, Hamidreza Maghsoudi said.
Stating that Iran’s industry is one of the successful and advanced industries with the export of several hundred million dollars of goods, he said, Currently, the shoe industry is 40% complete in the raw material sector and 100% complete in the raw material transformation sector.
The Head of macroeconomic affairs of the country’s planning and budget organization continued, If the production chain of this product is completed, the added value of the shoe industry will be several times higher than its current volume.
The Head of macroeconomic affairs of the country’s planning and budget organization, emphasizing the one billion dollar export capacity of the shoe industry, said, if the full capacity of this product is restored, it can account for 2% of the country’s total exports.
Maghsoudi called the holding of the specialized and international exhibition in Qom as a unique event and stated, this industry can become one of the brand and first exported goods in the next 5 years with the export of 2% of the total export volume of Iran.
Referring to the program of some universities in Qom to launch the field of shoe engineering, the Head of macroeconomic affairs of the country’s program and budget organization said, the condition for the success of this field is to establish a deep link and connection with the industry by relying on knowledge-based companies.