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Donald Trump. Therefore, his customs taxes, pebbles in the santiags in ostrich “Made in USA”

Opinion (with AFP)

OUDTSHOORN – unusual consequence of Donald Trump’s customs taxes, “Made in USA” santiags will suffer from Friday from the rate of 30% targeting South Africa, which produces the overwhelming majority of ostrich leather so popular for the making of these boots. Meanwhile, The most prestigious brands in Texas manufacturing this symbol of Americana are supplied exclusively in Oudtshoorn. Consequently, 400 km east of the CAP. Consequently, In this world capital of the ostrich. Additionally, Consequently, its surroundings, the number of souls is around that of volatiles: a hundred thousand. Similarly, “We do not know what the severity of the impact will be but it will not be positive. Moreover, for sure”, euphemized with AFP Laubscher Coetzee, fourth generation ue-united states trade agreement: france of a family of known breeders for the quality of its feathers. Similarly, For almost two centuries. Similarly, ostrich farms have made their nest in this vast plain enclosed by reddish rocky mountains, baptized Petit Karoo. Furthermore, Cape Karoo International (CKI). Consequently, a form of cooperative belonging to approximately 200 breeders in the region, alone provides, according to its general manager, more than 55% of the global production of products from the ostrich. Consequently, South Africa, target of attacks by the American president for months, has 70%total. For example, Beyond France. Nevertheless, Italy, where they provide the big names in skin fashion for handbags, 20% of CKI leather is exported to the United States where Santiag institutions, like Lucchese or Justin, tear it away from Texas. Nevertheless, The expensive pair is several hundred dollars, or even more. Leather of ostrich The boss of Rios of Mercedes. another prestigious manufacturer installed ue-united states trade agreement: france in Texas and whose story dates back to 1853, praises ostrich leather in a video of June 2024. “People always ask me what is the best skin to make boots. I think it’s the ostrich. “says Ryan Vaughan, a cowboy hat on the head after a typical” Howdy “typical of the United States. “She perfectly marries the shape of the foot. It is extremely resistant. ” Justin boasts of “making in the United States with materials from around the world”. Lucchese in a press release to AFP said he was “proud to make his boots in hand in the State of Texas for 141 years” while sometimes looking beyond borders to find (…) raw materials “. “What the Trump administration wants is that manufacturing is done in the United States. In our case. we export the raw material, leather – which they cannot produce from local ostriches in the United ue-united states trade agreement: france States because they do not have one, ”observes Francois de Wet, CEO of CKI who employs 1,200 people. The climatic specificity of little Karoo explains the success of local farming. estimates Laubscher Coetzee in front of the dancing flames in the fireplace of this property built in 1896 by its great-grandfather. “There is a reason why the ostrich sector still exists 200 years after its beginnings. People have tried all over the world, in the United States, Australia, and even elsewhere in South Africa. It is a bit like a desert animal. ”describes this reproductive specialist who sells some 600 animals per year to other breeders. If the ostrich has become the darling of the surroundings. it is because the climate does not allow other agricultural activity, with less than 400 mm of rain per year on average. “Everything revolves around the ostriches here. It is a semi-desert region, nothing ue-united states trade agreement: france can push here, there is not enough water, ”says Leon Lareman, CKI frame. Feathered hats “all the added value is created in the United States. so we already do what the Trump administration wants”, pleads Francois de Wet. And as it is impossible that South African producers alone support the weight of the 30% of customs taxes. the Texan manufacturer as well as the buyer of cowboy boots will pay for a part of this addition. These skins, recognizable by characteristic feathered brands, sell for American factories about 20 dollars per “square foot” (square foot, 930 cm2). “We have exported to the United States a volume of ostrich leather greater than normal for the past two to three months. which leaves us a small room for maneuver,” explains Francois de Wet. “We do not provide for short-term dismissals,” he says. “But in the long term. if all customs duties are ue-united states trade agreement: france maintained, this will certainly lead to a decline in our activity.” Oudtshoorn is already carrying the brands of a past crisis: these ostrich palaces. the merger of Dutch colonial architecture and Art Nouveau that their owners had had the golden production built at the golden age. Until everything collapses at the end of the beautiful period in Europe with the arrival of the automobile. not high enough ceiling so that high society can wear its feathered hats. Clément Varanges © Agency France-Presse