CIM plans to promote made-in-Ghana goods

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• JAKE 11 years ago

  HOW MANY OF YOU IN THE PICTURE ARE WEARING MADE IN GHANA STUFF? DRESSING IS A CHOICE AND MADE IN GHANA CLOTHES ARE USEFUL ONLY IN CERTAIN AREAS. NO WASHING INSTRUCTIONS AND INFERIOR TEXTURE WHO WANTS TO WEAR THAT?

  HOW MANY OF YOU IN THE PICTURE ARE WEARING MADE IN GHANA STUFF? DRESSING IS A CHOICE AND MADE IN GHANA CLOTHES ARE USEFUL ONLY IN CERTAIN AREAS. NO WASHING INSTRUCTIONS AND INFERIOR TEXTURE WHO WANTS TO WEAR THAT?

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• Lord Tennison 11 years ago

  Admonishments and patriotism are not enough.Any concrete effort to promote Made-in-Ghana goods should not fail to consider taxation/disposable income/purchasing power,packaging,the availability of substitutes/competition,qual ...
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  Admonishments and patriotism are not enough.Any concrete effort to promote Made-in-Ghana goods should not fail to consider taxation/disposable income/purchasing power,packaging,the availability of substitutes/competition,quality/quantity,inter alia.
  As an illustration,the success of China in infiltrating foreign markets has been largely due to low cost of manufacturing and pricing.Partly assisted by the strategic suppression of the USD/Yuan exchange rate.A bone of contention between the US and China,of late.
  When the consumer has limited income and has to make hard buying choices,the necessity to save by resorting to low cost goods supersedes any other considerations.Hence,the enthusiasm about imported goods.
  So the clarion call to embrace Made-in-Ghana goods should be backed by low excise duty,low overheads,low corporate tax rate,low borrowing cost,
  efficient processing to reduce cost and attractive packaging and conspicuous advertising practices,regardless of the factors which favor buying everything Ghana.The most important of which,in my opinion,is product liability issues.It is very easy to go after a Ghanaian manufacturer of a defective product than it is the Chinese manufacturer who,most often, hides behind the 'distributed by' label.
  A concerted effort should be made to give the Ghanaian consumer the benefit of affordable Made-in-Ghana goods.

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