乌干达制定改革纺织服装业的计划

Uganda formulating plan to revamp textile-apparel sector
Uganda is formulating a strategy to revamp itscotton, textiles and apparel (CTA) sector to tap into the globalmarketand has identified the sector as a development priority, given its potential for foreign investment and jobs. The plans follow similar efforts to exploit the US African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA), where Uganda’s earnings have been modest.
The CTA sector ranks high among priorities under the third edition of the National Development Plan that is scheduled for launch later this year. Over the coming months, a comprehensive sector development strategy for the cotton value chain will be developed.
Although AGOA offers a big opportunity, Uganda’s prospects have been hampered by a number ofpolicyand market issues. Exports have been dominated by low volume products like handicrafts and interior décor, according to an Ugandan daily.
According to figures shared by Msingi East Africa, a not-for-profit organisation that supports economic sectors with high potential to drive large-scale growth, during a recent Uganda CTA strategy development meeting organised by the National Planning Authority, the global apparel manufacturing market was worth $785.9 billion in 2018. But Uganda’s CTA earnings totalled just $22 million, with the European Union being the main destination.
Lint dominated exports and only 12 per cent of the 37,000 tonnes of cotton lint that Uganda produced during the 2017-18 season was consumed in the domestic market.
Msingi East Africa is optimistic that Uganda’s CTA goals are achievable because with a quarter a million growers and surplus ginning capacity, Uganda is capable of producing 185,000 tons of lint annually.
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乌干达制定改革纺织服装业的计划
乌干达正在制定一项战略，改革其棉花、纺织品和服装(CTA)部门，以打入全球市场，并已将该部门确定为优先发展领域，因为它具有吸引外国投资和创造就业机会的潜力。此前，乌干达也曾试图利用美国的《非洲增长机会法》(AGOA)实施类似的计划。在《非洲增长机会法》中，乌干达的收入一直不高。
在定于今年下半年发布的第三版《国家发展计划》中，CTA部门被列为优先项目之一。在未来几个月，将为棉花价值链制定一个全面的行业发展战略。
尽管《非洲增长与机会法》提供了一个巨大的机会，但乌干达的前景受到一系列政策和市场问题的阻碍。据乌干达一家日报报道，出口一直以手工艺品和室内装饰等低产量产品为主。
东非Msingi是一个非营利组织，支持有潜力的经济部门从而推动大规模增长。根据该组织提供的数据，在乌干达国家规划局最近组织的乌干达CTA战略发展会议上，2018年全球服装制造市场价值7859亿美元。但乌干达的CTA总收入仅为2200万美元，欧盟是主要出口目的地。
棉绒主导了出口，乌干达在2017-2018年生产的3.7万吨棉绒中，只有12%用于国内市场。
东非Msingi乐观地认为乌干达的CTA目标是可以实现的，因为乌干达有25万种植者和过剩的轧棉能力，每年能够生产18.5万吨棉绒。