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by vondur 1216 days ago
They will never have a local textile industry if you have to compete with free.
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There pretty much won't ever be a local textile industry unless you have incredibly cheap labour.

Except with protectionism, which is what gives most countries their local textile industry, but that comes at a cost - either higher prices, or wealth drained from other sectors in their economy.

Banning/disincentivizing 2nd hand imports won't create a local industry in most places, unless you do the same with 1st hand.

Poor countries have local textile industries, where do you think all the clothes we wear are made?

If you have a problem with who owns those textile factories, well, that's an entirely different conversation.

Free secondhand clothing doesn’t prevent local textile production for export or for higher quality than you get with secondhand.
But it will certain lower the demand. And might push it below what is needed for sustainable industry and supply chain. And I would guess for viable export you need first at least some skills in own market.