Tanzania plans to impose high tariffs on imported second-hand clothes

According to a report by Tanzania’s mainstream media “The Guardian” on March 6, Tanzania’s Minister of Industry and Trade Bashangwa called on the public to be mentally prepared and stop using second-hand clothes and other imported second-hand products. , the government plans to impose additional tariffs on these imported second-hand products. When inspecting two leather production companies in Kilimanjaro Province, Bashangwa said that local companies in Tanzania have achieved great success in producing qualified products, but imported second-hand products are killing the local industry. In order to promote the economic development of the local manufacturing industry, the government is Consider imposing high tariffs on imported second-hand clothes; it will discuss with Finance Minister Mpango the issue of imposing tariffs on imported products to create a good environment for local industrial development.