According to the Ghana National News Agency, Ghanaian President Mahama issued an order on January 7 to conduct a nationwide roving seminar to inform Ghanaian importers, textile traders and the general public on how to identify infringing and pirated printed fabrics. At a series of events held in Ho City, the capital of Volta Province, on April 20, Ghanaian textile practitioners accused China of imitating traditional Ghanaian printed fabrics, which were suspected of infringement and piracy and of low quality, but flooded the Ghanaian market in large quantities, and proposed that the Ghanaian government Conduct bilateral consultations with the Chinese government on this matter. The head of the Quality Inspection Department of the Ghana Bureau of Standards said that Ghana has gradually become an export destination for various imitations, especially low-quality African printed fabrics. China has plagiarized Ghanaian designs and fraudulently used Ghanaian trademarks. The special working group will investigate and Burn this infringing printed fabric sold in the market.
In recent years, the Ghanaian media has continued to pay attention to the issue of China’s infringement and piracy of traditional African printed fabrics. Last year, Ghana’s Ministry of Trade and Industry issued six guidelines for textile imports and repeatedly mentioned the impact of this issue on the development of Ghana’s textile industry.
