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The once-vibrant Ghanaian textile industry is at a cross-road due to pirated textiles smuggled into the country despite the government’s constant efforts to stop piracy in the country. It’s impacting the operations of textile companies as cheap pirated textiles make original textile designs manufactured in Ghana relatively expensive.
There were about 20 textile companies which employed about 25,000 in the 1980s. But currently there is a remnant of just four textile companies employing fewer than 2,000 people, battling to stay in business amid a myriad of challenges.
