Nike Inc has placed orders for an additional supply of footwear worth US$45 million from Indonesia this year, an official said. Earlier Nike announced plan to cut 10 per cent of its shoe order for delivery in March to July but the cut would not include shipments from Indonesia. Nike already planned to import 55 million pairs of shoes worth US$1.3 billion from Indonesia this year, Budi Irmawan, the director general of multifarious industries said Irmawan said Nike placed the orders with a number of local shoe makers for a total of 3 million pairs of shoes this year, adding the additional orders came after it closed its factories in China, Vietnam and Thailand. This year Nike wants an additional supply of 250,000 pairs a month or 3 million pairs a year, to be supplied by PT Nikomas Gemilang, PT Cing Luh Indonesia, PT Panarub Industry and PT Hardaya Aneka Shoes Industry, he added.
