Why East Africa wants to ban second hand clothes.
Who wants to ban second-hand clothes and cars?
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda could all ban second-hand clothes and leather.
They make up the East Africa Community (EAC).
The EAC directed member countries to buy their textiles and shoes from within the region with a view to phasing out imports by 2019.
The idea is to give a boost to local manufacturing, and help the economy.
One argument is that the imported clothes are so cheap that the local textiles factories and self-employed tailors can't compete, so they either close down or don't do as well as they could.
Full article:
http://world.einnews.com/article/314...sWrN0dy6VbljPR
When we donate clothing, I betcha most of us had little idea how much was actually sold. No wonder local manufacturers can't compete.
After reading what a scam the donated clothes business is, personally I will take clothes directly to local shelters, domestic violence centers.