Kenya: Textile Industry Calls For Taxing Second-Hand Garments

< p > if the Kenya government accepts the proposal of the party's < a target= "_blank" href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > strong > textile > /strong > /a > product manufacturer, the second-hand clothing "a", "href=", "clothing" and "tax" proposal, then these second-hand clothes, that is, the "cloth bags" of Kenya people, will soon become expensive. Kenya people like to choose second-hand clothing because they are low in price and many kinds. Second hand clothing leads to vicious competition, resulting in the closure of several textile and garment companies in Kenya. < /p >
< p > with the leadership of the industrial lobbying organization, the African cotton and Textile Industries Federation (ACTIF), Kenya textile producers are seeking to levy taxes on second-hand clothing and use this tax revenue to produce a 300 million shilling stabilization fund for cotton growers. < /p >
< p > Research on the textile sector of Kenya undertaken by the Federation of African cotton and textile industries is under way. Over the past 30 years, the textile sector in Kenya has shrunk. This should condemn many policy inadvertent efforts to promote the domestic cotton spinning industry, resulting in the shrinking of the cotton spinning industry. < /p >
< p > this stabilization fund will help the government to protect cotton growers from the impact of fluctuations in international cotton prices. Cotton prices have lost a lot of revenue to cotton farmers, said Margaret, former Trade Executive Secretary of the Kenya trade department who compiled the research. She also said that the fund would help to fix the minimum supporting price of cotton, generate at least 40 shilling / kg of income for growers, subsidized cotton seed production and set up a cotton mill to ensure the fair price of seed cotton. < /p >
< p > the report of the African cotton and Textile Industry Federation also suggests that, as part of the textile policy intervention, the government should raise the procurement quota for the uniform of public officials, which will ensure the supply of local sources and promote the employability of the Department. The report recommends that the government should give priority to the purchase of medical towels, sheets and linen made by domestic manufacturers. Kenya produces 12 million square meters of woven a target= "_blank" href= "//www.sjfzxm.com/" > strong > cloth per year, accounting for only 7% of the total domestic demand, and the rest relies on imports. < /p >
At the end of last year, the Kenya parliament received a document calling for the ban on second-hand clothing imports. The document is now waiting for parliamentary approval, P. Whether it is to prohibit the import of second-hand clothing or to levy taxes on it, its purpose is to protect Kenya's domestic textile and clothing companies. In recent years, Kenya's textile and garment industry is facing multiple crises. With the strengthening of the trend of global economic integration, the country has increased cooperation and exchanges with other countries. China's textile and garment industry has also given Kenya strong support in this regard to help the country improve textile design and research and development, and promote the diversified development of the textile industry. < /p >