Assessment of excessive importation over exportation of garments for the development of Tanzania economy, a case study of Ministry of Industry and Trade

Chimwejo, Evans (2014) Assessment of excessive importation over exportation of garments for the development of Tanzania economy, a case study of Ministry of Industry and Trade. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study was carried out at Ministry of Industry and Trade, aiming at assessing the excessive importation over exportation of garments for the development of Tanzania economy. The study was designed as a case study to cut across Ministry of Industry and Trade, and purposive/judgemental sampling technique was used to select the study units. In this study personal observation, interviews, questionnaire, and documentation in data collection were used. The study revealed that importations of garments exceed its exportation and this can be threat to the development of Tanzania economy. Moreover, the quality of domestic garments are of low quality compare to those from abroad. By increase in importation while exporting less the level of economy in our country will decline over time which can lead to poor development. By this case, the study recommends for making further improvements in the investment climate, improve human capital, encourage technology transfer, and imposition of tariffs on imported garments so as to reduce deficiency between importation and exportation of garments.

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