Good scope to increase exports from India: Bata
HighlightsBata Brands SA CEO Sandeep Kataria believes there is significant potential to enhance exports of leather shoes from India, indicating a strong market opportunity. India is poised to become Bata's second largest hub for sourcing, alongside the company's main design center located in Italy. Sandeep Kataria supports the quality control order for the footwear sector in India, stating it will establish quality benchmarks and eliminate poor quality goods.
Footwear maker
Bata
sees good potential to boost its exports from India, a top company official said on Monday.
"We mainly export leather shoes from India...it's in millions...scope and potential is there (to increase that),"
Bata Brands SA
CEO
Sandeep Kataria
said, adding that India will be "our second largest" hub for sourcing.
Bata has its main design centre in Italy and over 15 factories across the globe. The company has a design centre in Gurugram (Haryana) in India also and it, along with the Italian team, can design products for emerging markets, he said.
On the quality control order for the
footwear sector in India
, he said it is a good move as it will help set up a quality benchmark.
"It can help keep out poor quality (goods)," he added. PTI
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