{"id":1695,"date":"2015-02-03T03:40:07","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T03:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2015-02-03T03:40:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T03:40:07","slug":"444-exhibitors-including-143-overseas-companies-23-countries-participating-international-leather-fair-iilf-2015-chennai-trade-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=1695","title":{"rendered":"444 exhibitors including 143 overseas companies from 23 countries, are participating in International Leather Fair (IILF) 2015 AT CHENNAI TRADE CENTRE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IILF<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>One of the biggest convergence of the leather industry in South – Asian region, the 30th edition of the India International Leather Fair (IILF) is set to start at Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam in Chennai \u00a0from February 1 to 3, 2015. \u00a0 The fair will be inaugurated by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, \u00a0Hon’ble Commerce and Industry Minister, Government of India at \u00a0Chennai Trade Centre \u00a0at 6.00 pm, today\u00a0January31, 2015<\/h3>\n

In this context, a Press Conference was held at Chennai Trade Centre which was addressed by Mr. J.S. Deepak, Chairman and Managing Director, India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), Mr. Rafeeque Ahmed, Chairman, Council for Leather Exports (CLE). \u00a0Others present on the dias were Mr. P.R. Aqeel Ahmed, Chairman-CLE(South), Mr. Subhash Kapoor, Vice Chairman, CLE, Mr. R. Ramesh Kumar, Executive Director (CLE) and Mr. V. Kumar, General Manager, ITPO.<\/h3>\n
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IILF 2015 is being organised by the ITPO with the support of apex leather bodies: Council for Leather Exports(CLE), Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI), Indian Shoe Federation (ISF), Indian Finished Leather Manufacturers & Exporters Association (IFLMEA), Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI), Association of Footwear Components and Machinery Manufacturers of India (AFCAMI) and Indian Footwear Component Manufacturers\u2019 Association (IFCOMA).<\/div>\n
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Surpassing previous records, this year, as many as 444 exhibitors including 143 overseas companies \u00a0from 23 \u00a0countries, \u00a0are \u00a0participating \u00a0as compared to 385 exhibitors comprising 98 overseas \u00a0exhibitors \u00a0from 18 countries last year. \u00a0 \u00a0Overseas participation is \u00a0from Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Iran, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkey, the UAE and the United Kingdom.<\/div>\n
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Australia, Lithuania, Mexico, Russia and Sweden are among the new countries in the fair. \u00a0National Pavilions have been set-up by five countries including China, France, Germany, Italy and Brazil. \u00a0This \u00a0year, \u00a0the \u00a0 fair \u00a0elicited response from major \u00a0groups \u00a0including \u00a0constituents of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs & Energy of Germany, ASSOMAC (Italy), Zhejian Donnor group (China), Fujian Group (China), CICB (Brazil), SGCP (France), ISF, IFLMEA and IFCOMA.<\/div>\n
\u00a0ITPO, CLE-CLRI in association with Indian leather sector will present \u201cSpring Summer 2015\u201d season through a Theme Pavilion \u201cFUTURISTIC NOSTALGIA\u201d at the fair. The centre stage will be titled \u2018Human Gait Analysis\u2019 focusing on new technology.<\/div>\n
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Covering \u00a0an \u00a0area of 9804sq.mtrs., the display profile covers garments, footwear and its components (uppers, soles, heals, counters, lasts etc.) synthetic material, goods, fashion accessories, (travel ware, belts, gloves, portfolios, hand bags and wallets) raw and finished leather, saddlery and harness, chemicals, machinery, equipment and technologies, publications and consultancy.<\/div>\n
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The Government of India has designated leather as one of the \u201cFocus Sectors\u201d under the National Foreign Trade Policy, and included the sector in the \u2018Make in India\u2019 campaign. With an annual turnover of over US$ 12 billion, the export of leather & leather products increased manifold over the past decade and touched US$ 5.90 billion in 2013-14, at a cumulative annual growth rate of 14.77 per cent (5 years). The major markets for Indian Leather & Leather products are (with a share of per centage) : Germany 12.60, UK 11.96 , USA 10.51 Hong Kong 8.82 , Italy 8.77, France 6.39, Spain 5.34, Netherlands 3.79, China 2.48, Belgium 1.86, UAE 2.53,and Australia 1.48. \u00a0These 12 countries together accounts for nearly 76.53 per cent of India\u2019s total leather & leather products export.<\/div>\n
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Concurrent with the exhibition, \u00a0technical \u00a0 seminars, fashion \u00a0show and \u00a0Awards \u00a0function \u00a0will \u00a0be \u00a0held as \u00a0major attractions \u00a0to \u00a0the \u00a0fair.<\/div>\n
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Extensive arrangements have been made for convenience of the business visitors at the fair. These include: Business Information Centre, Mobile App, Telephone, STD\/ISD, Internet, e-mail, Wi-Fi, VIP lounge, etc.<\/div>\n
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This year, a \u00a0large \u00a0number \u00a0of \u00a0 business \u00a0delegations, entrepreneurs \u00a0and buyers \u00a0from \u00a0India \u00a0and \u00a0abroad \u00a0are \u00a0expected to \u00a0visit the \u00a0fair. \u00a0In 2014 edition, \u00a0 as \u00a0 many \u00a0as, 10,068 registered business visitors from 48 countries visited the fair.<\/div>\n
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The IILF (February 01-2-3, 2015) will open from 10.00 am to 6.00 pm. The entry fee is Rs.200\/- per visitor per day. The sale of tickets will be from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. \u00a0on all days at the entrance gate and registration counter at Hall No. 3A. There will be free entry for pre-registered visitors and foreign buyers. There is no free entry for student groups.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0One of the biggest convergence of the leather industry in South – Asian region, the 30th edition of the India International Leather Fair (IILF) is set to start at Chennai Trade Centre, Nandambakkam in Chennai \u00a0from February 1 to 3, 2015. \u00a0 The fair will be inaugurated by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, \u00a0Hon’ble Commerce and Industry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1697,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions\/1697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}