León’s Japanese influx shows the growing importance of automotive
01/04/2015
Traditionally, the most important market for the leather that the 500 or so tanneries in and around the state’s biggest city, León, has been footwear. However, in 2014, an industry association in Mexico said that half of the 42,000 hides being processed in Guanajuato every day are now destined for automotive. Guanajuato processes around 85% of Mexico’s total leather output.
At a recent conference, León’s director of tourism, Manuel López Santamaría, said the growing importance of automotive was having an impact on visitors to the city. He said the number of visitors from Japan had increased by 50% in 2014 compared to 2013. He linked this increase to the presence in the region of Japanese automotive companies, including Honda and Mazda.
Linked to this, Japan opened a new consulate in León at the end of March.
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