TEXTILE and Garment Manufacturers Association of Tanzania (TEGAMAT) has asked the government to execute the Cotton to Clothing Strategy (2016-2020).
The strategy advocates construction of
local industry, especially the agro-processors. “We urge the government
to adopt the strategy to develop and support cotton consuming
industries,” TEGAMAT Vice President Sylvester Kazi said in Dar es
Salaam, advising the government to use the strategy to implement the
second five year development plan.
He was speaking at the official launch
of leather, sunflower oil, cotton to clothing strategies and value chain
roadmap. The strategy is a fit all to the current industry policies of
the SIDP 1996, IIDS 2012 and the EAC Industrialisation Policy 2014.
The common objectives of the policies
are to fight poverty through increased productivity of cotton and its
value addition to the point of making garments.
Mr Kazi said the objective can be
achieved through the removal of administrative burdens, enhancing skills
development, improving access to low cost financing and attracting
investors, both local and foreign.
Tanzania has developed deep relations
with the Indian Government as evidenced by the numerous signed bilateral
agreements and MoUs including; the South-South Cooperation, Agreement
on a Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement ( BIPPA).
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