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Kenya government due to low cotton production, imports substantial amounts of cotton lint and seed cake for local textile mills and feed manufacture mainly from Tanzania that produces 15 times and Uganda whose output five times of Kenya’s production respectively every year.

The government as part of its efforts towards reviving the industry will start importing certified seeds from Israel to distribute to local small-scale cotton farmers.

Related Keywords: APTMA, custom duty on cotton, demands five percent rebate, demands wave off customs dutry, importers pay three percent, impose ten percent duty on import of artificial yarn and clothes, increase government finance, low cotton production, on cotton imports, on export of textile products, Textile Mills Association

All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) in light of low cotton production has put forth the demands before the government to wave off customs duty on cotton imports and has also demanded a five percent rebate on export of textile products.

Currently the importers are paying three percent customs duty on cotton.

The textile mills association Chairman Tariq Saud said that at least 110 factories are shut at the time.