The Second Hand Clothes Trade War

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Have you ever wondered what happens to the clothes you donate to charity? Every year, hundreds of millions of pounds worth of clothes from rich nations are exported to Africa. In Business travels to Tanzania, where second hand fashion is big business. Now the Tanzanian government want to phase-out these cheap imports, which they say are killing the local textiles industry. But if they do, they risk losing a lucrative trade-aid deal that allows them to export to the United States duty free. BBC Africa's Sammy Awami investigates the used clothes or 'mitumba' business, and asks local textiles producers if they are ready to clothe this rapidly-growing nation. Producer: Helen Grady.