The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is extending its tax stamp policy to cover imported textiles which come to the markets.

The move by the GRA is to help deal with smuggling and counterfeiting, which are killing the local textile industry and also help improve revenue for the state.

The textile industry in Ghana is increasingly facing competition from cheap copies smuggled in from abroad, especially from China.

Speaking to Accra-based Joy FM, Commissioner General of the GRA, Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Nti, said: “What we are doing is the normal thing which the textile industry has to go through and that is what we are going through with them; we are to ensure that only certified goods come to the market”.

He added that: “We do not condone pirated goods and goods being smuggled, and, so, we have to work and ensure that people and businesses do not suffer because of the misbehaviour from the system”.