Indigenous artisans in Veracruz face a lack of sales outlets in the state’s main municipalities, forcing them to seek permits in other areas and leading to the intervention of intermediaries who resell their pieces for more than double their original value.
Ofelia Quintero Cárdenas, president of the Women’s Association of Micro-entrepreneurs and Artisans, reported the lack of sales spaces for the sector in the cities of Pánuco, Tuxpan, Veracruz, Boca del Río, Xalapa, Orizaba, Coatzacoalcos, and Córdoba. The artisans’ representative stated that obtaining exhibition spaces is the guild’s primary demand to sustain their daily income.
“Those from outside are given priority, while we, the women artisans from here in the port, have to migrate to find spaces and obtain permits to work in other places, even though we have a port rich in people who come here,” Quintero Cárdenas declared.
The Veracruz leader indicated that the resolution requires the authorities to manage the creation of sales areas in strategic locations with high visitor traffic.
“All that needs to be done is to organize—and the commercial areas are very well organized—so that we can be in the best spots in the tourist port,” she pointed out.
The association’s project proposes using these areas for family events by setting up stalls selling sustainable crafts and organic products from Veracruz. The model aims to demonstrate the viability of coexisting between commercial activity and environmental protection.
Quintero Cárdenas explained that the lack of direct sales outlets forces artisans to rely on resellers. These intermediaries acquire the works at reduced prices and then resell them for more than double their cost, thus diminishing the direct income of the original producers.
Source: imagendeveracruz
