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Used shoes on travel, Part I
It is not a secret that used shoes do not refer to the garbage bins any longer, but to the clothing banks. However, have you ever asked yourself: “What happens to my second hand shoes and how they come to Africa?” The Boex Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH is an international export company, who ensures that your used shoes will arrive to the place, where they can be used further by other people – also in Africa.

Used shoes from your shoes cupboard for shipping
Do not just through away old used shoes, but bring them to the clothing bank. In order to simplify the work of the staff, which is responsible for export, you should bundle your old shoes together. Simply lace up your second-hand-shoes together or wrap the related shoes together using sellotape or something similar. The shoes will be loaded onto a collection truck and transported for further sorting to the local production facility. Here each and every shoe or rather every pair will be graded and classified into different quality categories. Placed together on a rolly your second hand shoes are waiting for their buyer. Potential used shoes buyers are mostly coming from the country of destination, or target continent – Africa. Prices are based on a kilogram, whereby initially it will be traded exclusively based on the full container load. One 40-ft high cube container contains approximately 20.000 kg of used shoes. Unfortunately your old used shoes are not for free for the receiver, as the collection of second hand shoes, grading and recycling in Germany costs money and secure jobs. Trading from Africa partners or their local delegations often travel over to inspect the goods prior conclude the contract. When an agreement agreed, used shoes are loaded into the overseas container and the transportation to Africa can also be arranged by one of the freight carriers.

Summary
Second hand shoes are allowed to look used. The consignees in Africa know our second hand shoes and are aware of what is worn in Europe. Also in Africa people want to wear decent clothes, though the wear marks are not considered as the deficit. Using the following checklist you can verify if your shoes can still please other people.

• Used Shoes must be thrown away in pairs. • Laces should be, but not necessarily unbroken. • Second hand shoes may look used. • Used Shoes for Africa should be ready for use.

Used shoes on travel, Part II
Used shoes stroll from clothing banks to export company like Boex Germany Vertriebsgesellschaft GmbH. Over there old used shoes will be graded and sold, also overseas container will be provided for transportation purposes. Your second hand shoes will be shipped to the departure port by a freight forwarder and there loaded onto a vessel. What happened with your used shoes in Africa? How the new owners coming after your second hand shoes?

Used shoes on the way from the port to the new owner
Once the container with old used shoes reaches the final port of discharge in Africa second hand shoes will be picked up by a wholesaler. He distributes used shoes in bulk to the pavilion owners where the last step will be cleaning and polishing used shoes.

The respected manufacturer gets the profit for enliven and ready for sale spotless sneakers is 80.000 Tanzanian shilling, around 15 EUR (acc. Hamburger Abendblatt Aug 2011). Although for African average this is already ½ monthly salary, but even here the principle is «Preferable used from Europe than new from Asia.». The only reproach to reach the further consumer is that the used shoes have to be placed into the container before to make sure that they will last longer in Africa.

Summary
Second hand shoes and Mitumba are fully developed industry in Africa. Ship old used shoes to Africa for sure make sense,

afford.
 * because the african market can manufacture small quantities for shoes. Even though at prices mostly people in Africa can not
 * because they do not weaken the domestic economy by the export custom duties of your used shoes.
 * because Africans will not have to use low-quality shoes from Far East.
 * because second hand shoes from Europe are higher quality and it’s a shame just trashing them.

Used shoes in the commercial export to Africa
Used shoes and old clothes from Boex are finding increasingly its way into the old clothes containers. When throwing used shoes for charitable purposes in most cases you can be sure that within Germany second hand shoes will be distributed to the people in need. The majority od second hand used shoes will be exported wither to Africa or Easten Europe and sold over there as second hand goods. Is it fair? Yes, because through old used shoes you support the economy in both country of export and in Germany.

Economic Development in the exporting country
In this economy chain some companies located in the exporting country depend on the preparation and export to Africa. Used shoes are collected using the metal banks, which must be initially manufactured and later on emptied out. These carries deliver the collected goods to export companies, where used shoes are graded and sorted into categories by hand (again workplaces). The export of used shoes takes place in overseas containers, which again is carried by truck up to the sea port. Trade in country of destination

„Used shoes“ does not destroy textile industry in Africa, because the majority of its population simply can not afford to buy new shoes from local manufacture. Based on qualitative criteria local consumers prefer to import European shoes rather than new goods from Asia. But even second hand used shoes itself support the economic development in Africa. New jobs have literally arisen there, which are taking care of how to restore old used shoes. Thus i.e. – tailor, - sewer for buttons and applications, - shoe maker, - and, of course, stall-keeper, who can feed their families in Africa thank to our export of old used shoes.