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Bata Shoe Company, Zimbabwe’s largest shoe manufacturer in light of the shortage of textile has been forced to import textile from Kenya. Bata managing director, Mr Ehsan Zaman said that they are not getting consistent supplies of textiles for their factory.
The Bata Shoe Company employ around 250 workers at their canvass factory. As the situation is very sensitive for them, the company have applied to Government for permission to import specific quantity and have received positive response.
But this development by Bata Shoe Company has pushed their cost of production up.
