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The Zimbabwean government has gazetted some Statutory Instruments to discourage cheap imports of textile products into the country, this is likely to push the capacity utilization of local textile industry to 45 percent this year, an official said.
Zimbabwe Textile Manufacturers’ Association secretary-general, Raymond Huni said that the industry would take off well this year due to measures introduced by government to protect the industry.
