NEW TEXTILE AND CLOTHING ASSOCIATION FORMED IN BOTSWANA
September 1st, 2014
Textile and clothing industry businesses from diamond-rich southern Africa country Botswana have formed a new industry grouping – the Botswana Textile and Clothing Association (BTCA). Its goal is to boost the sector’s efforts to fully utilise duty free incentives under the USA’s African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which it anticipates will soon be renewed by the US congress before it expires in 2015.Shahid Ghafoor, the BTCA founding president said the association, which was officially launched on August 28, is ready to help members with solutions to ...
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