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Mitumba imports jump four-fold in the third quarter

Bales of mitumba being offloaded at a warehouse. [Courtesy]

The quantity of second-hand clothes (mitumba) imported into the country between July and September last year rose sharply by 268 per cent, following the lifting of an earlier ban that was aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19.

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