India’s Leather Industries Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (Lidcap) has said it is to step up its efforts to develop footwear outsourcing contracts with large US wholesalers and retailers.

In a press conference to announce the corporation’s intentions last week, minister for small and cottage industries and employment generation, B. Gopala Krishna Reddy,  said negotiations with a number of US companies were well advanced, as were plans for a number of leather parks in Andhra Pradesh.

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