Makin his closing speech at the end of the fair, Francisco Santos, president of Couromoda, said that the fair worked well as a forum to update strategies for the Brazilian footwear industry after a very difficult year. "The message that the fair leaves with all of us is that 2006 will be a year for the sector to reposition itself and be alert to the changes and the evolution of the market. We must also double our efforts to diversify our export markets … and seek to expand higher value product niches in the global market.”

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