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Mexican President moves to assure footwear producers on smuggling drive

12/11/2003

 No less a dignitary than the President himself, Mr Vincente Fox, has met with representatives of CICEG - Chamber of the Footwear Industry of the State of Guanajuato - to discuss the measures being taken his government to stem the flow of smuggled footwear into the country.  Declaring that contraband “shall be fought with all the power of the state," Mr Fox said Customs officers would themselves be subject to closer monitoring in the future and that more stringent checks on imported goods would be exercised.

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