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AGOA is the
best to happen to Ghana – Garment exporter
Accra, July 17, GNA – The African Growth and Opportunity Act
(AGOA) is the best thing to happen to the Ghanaian business
person, Ms. Nora Bannerman-Abbot, Chief Executive Officer of
Sleek Garments Export Limited, said on Tuesday.
”AGOA has been the best for us because it has not only
opened the United States markets for our products but has
also made them more competitive,” she explained.
Mrs Bannerman-Abbot said this when the Acting Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
Mrs Henrietta Fore led a delegation to the Sleek Garment
Factory in Accra as part of its programme for the ongoing
AGOA Forum in Accra.
Sleek Export Limited early this year exported 75,000 casual
rayon shirts valued over 200,000 dollars to a US Department
Store.
Mrs Bannerman-Abbot said, “As for the orders for our
products they keep coming and we have orders running
throughout the year.
“Once you attend sourcing or trade shows in the US, you
create and attract the markets for yourself.”
Mrs Bannerman-Abbot is a recipient of USAID West Africa
Trade Hub which conducts industry specific training and
accompanies clients to major trade shows in the US.
She is one of the few short-listed to participate in the
Accra AGOA Forum as a panellist from the private sector.
In 2002, Sleek Company produced its largest order of 10,000
garments, which qualified it to participate in the
President’s Special Initiative for Apparel.
An information note made available to the GNA by the USAID
said Sleek’s story was a major success which would be
replicated throughout West Africa.
Currently Ghana accounts for about 95 per cent of all AGOA
textile and apparel exports from West Africa.
GNA
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