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Related Keywords: Asian countries, embrace Buy Zimbabwe concept, influx of cheap imports, operating under constrained capacity, promote industry, regardless of nobleness, seriously weighed down, wholesalers and retailers reluctant, Zimbabwe Textile Manufacturers Association, Zimbabwean textiles and clothing industry

Zimbabwe’s textiles and clothing industry is seriously weighed down by an influx of cheap imports from Asian countries and is operating under constrained capacity. However, wholesalers and retailers are reluctant to embrace the Buy Zimbabwe concept regardless of its nobleness said the Zimbabwe Textile Manufacturers’ Association, secretary-general, Raymond Huni.

He said that surely, more needs to be done, as wholesalers, retailers and some shop owners prefer imported fabric than buying local produced fabric. As usual, they use wrong codes to import and make huge profits.

Related Keywords: ban second hand clothes, discourage cheap imports of textile products, duty on poly knitted fabric, local textile industry, open general import licence, push capacity utilization, reeling under low capitalization levels, statutory instruments, Zimbabwe Textile Manufacturers Association, Zimbabweab government

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.

Related Keywords: cheap import of textile products, gazetter Statutory instruments, increase customs duty, local textile industry, operating below capacity, Poly-knitted fabric, Sadc and Common Market for Southern Africa, Zimbabwe governemnt, Zimbabwe Textile Manufacturers Association

Zimbabwe government is yet to gazette Statutory Instruments (Sis) discouraging cheap imports of textile products into the country due to which the local textile industry has been operating at below 30% of capacity in the first-half of the year, said Zimbabwe Textile Manufacturers’ Association (ZTMA) secretary-general Raymond Huni

The government is in the process of gazetting the SIs enforcing the rebates introduced by the Finance minister (Patrick Chinamasa). They hope that the SI would be gazetted in two weeks’ time and it’s only after that they will start realizing some changes.

Related Keywords: aligned with tariffs codes, cheap imports, demand ban on Chinese products, finished blankets, Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Industry and Commerce, polyester knitted fabric, protect local textile industry, Zimbabwe Textile Manufacturers Association, ZITMA

The Zimbabwe Textile Manufacturers Association (ZITMA) demands complete ban on polyester knitted fabric and finished blankets entering the country. The moves comes to protect the local textile industry from collapsing as cheap imports, mainly from China are flooding the market. Industry players told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Industry and Commerce that cheaper imports made local products uncompetitive.