Sector representatives welcomed the plan and said it was a positive initial step from the government.

However, Lemi Tolunay, chairman of the Istanbul Leather and Leather Products Exporters Association, said in a televised interview: "We are not satisfied 100% with the outcome of the plan; we believe that the creators of the plan did what they could and made many compromises. This is only a beginning. I asses it as positive step."

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