LEATHER PRODUCTION: THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PANDEMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS

ABSTRACT

At the present stage of the country’s economic development, within the framework of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the problem of developing and implementing a long-term strategy for the sustainable development of industrial sectors and processing industries, one of which is the leather industry, becomes extremely urgent. The economic growth and development of the leather industry should be carried out within the framework of a unified strategy for the development of enterprises in various industries, the implementation of interrelated measures at all levels of management, including the management of the national economic complex as a whole, the light and chemical industries, animal husbandry and individual commodity producers. The complex of problems that take place in the state and development of the leather industry, its importance in the country’s economy and the lack of elaboration of the problem of forming and implementing the development strategy of the industry enterprises have determined the relevance of the problem and the choice of research directions. The purpose of the research is to develop and substantiate scientific and practical provisions and recommendations for the formation and implementation of the organizational and economic mechanism of the strategy for the development of enterprises of the leather industry. © 2022 Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology. All rights reserved.