Fierce Competition In Kenya'S Textile Industry Boosts East Africa'S Trade

< p > Kenya's textile industry is booming and competition is becoming increasingly fierce.

Earlier, the Furtex exhibition was held at "a href=" http://www.91se91.com/news/index_p.asp "Kenya" /a International Conference Center to show Turkey's textiles and other products.

Kenya is a regional business centre with a reputation for providing services in East Africa.

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Korir, the P Export Promotion Committee, said that Sultan's return to peace will provide a lot of business opportunities this year, especially the school uniform market.

In addition, Sultan is rich in oil resources, most of which are yet to be developed, but is moving forward, so it needs a lot of clothing.

Korir pointed out that Somalia has experienced decades of civil war, and now it becomes calm and has great demand for clothing.

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< p > BarrackNdegwa, an integrated Secretary of the East African community, said that the East African countries have eliminated a number of major obstacles to the textile trade.

The objective of the East African community is to develop a sound tax system to open trade and to open up trade channels for landlocked countries, which are progressing well.

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This year, the government of Kenya increased the import tariff of second-hand a href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_c.asp" > textile > /a > P, and narrowed the price difference between second-hand textiles and new textiles with relatively high price.

However, industry observers believe that good quality and market promotion are the key to maintaining the competitiveness of the textiles and clothing market.

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< p > the industry believes that the top priority is to increase cotton production and continuously meet the needs of the industry, and encourage the establishment of modern factories to improve the output of quality products to meet local and export needs.

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Akinyi, of the Kenya Producers Association, believes that Kenya needs high-quality seeds to increase cotton production and cheap fertilizers, which are necessary conditions for the development of the textile industry. P

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< p > at present, Kenya producers rely heavily on imports from Uganda and Tanzania to meet their needs.

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< p > Akinyi points out that the textile industry in Kenya also needs to modernize to ensure quality and output.

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< p > however, even though the competition is becoming increasingly fierce, local textile companies can still maintain a number of market share, such as Khanga and Kikoi, which have only been travellers' letters, and have become the casual wear of Kenya people.

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"P > SanmaBoutique retail store in Nairobi, proprietor SundipShah said that a group of new customers appeared in Kenya. They wanted to buy all kinds of local textiles for a href=" http://www.91se91.com "> clothing /a > or other uses.

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