The impact of Chinese textile imperialism on Nigeria’s textile industry and trade: 1960–2015

SUMMARY

This briefing examines the effects of globalisation and the challenge posed by China to the Nigerian textile industry in the twenty-first century. The meteoric rise of imports of cheap Chinese textiles into the Nigerian market, which was formerly dominated by local fabrics, has shifted the balance in favour of the imports, which has consequently destroyed the economic base of the local textile industry.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, and the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria for their contributions to the development of this briefing.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes on contributors

Murtala Muhammad is an editor of Technoscience Africana Journal, Editor-in-Chief of Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST) Wudil Book Series and Managing Editor of KUST News Flash. He is presently a researcher at the University of Malaya.

Mansur Ibrahim Mukhtar is a professor in African economic history. He is Head of the Department of History and International Studies, Northwest University, Kano, Nigeria.

Gold Kafilah Lola is a researcher at the Department of Economics, University of Malaya, and has research interests in development economics.

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Funding

This work was supported by Tertiary Education Trust Fund, reference TETF/ES/AST&D/UNIV/WUDIL.