Losotho clothing?

[vanilla]

I foudn a tag on an article of clothign that said Made in Losotho.
Never heard of it!
Not much clothign is probably made there.
Where is it?

[vanilla]

I am sorry.
I must type slower and spell correctly.
I apologize.
sigh

[Q.E.D]

It’s Lesotho, and it’s a part of South Africa.

[paperbackwriter]

Close, but not quite. Lesothois, in fact, an independent country. It is completely surrounded by South Africa, but it has its own sovereignty. Historically, it’s an odd remnant of British colonial policies and Apartheid.

[jovan]

*Originally posted by vanilla *
**Not much clothign is probably made there.
**

Well, considering that there are fewer than two million people there, not much I guess, but textile is still a “major” industry there. As to why you would have found yourself with something made there, this article might shed some light.

Lesotho was let into the African Growth and Opportunities Act, an initiative to help African economies.

Washingtonfs decision goes significantly further towards an open market than might have been possible under any trade deal negotiated under the Lome Convention with the EU. In contrast to the pre-determined volume of exports set out under Lome, products made in Lesotho which are eligible **under the terms of the AGOA have unlimited access to US markets and are free of both excise duties and quotas on the volume of shipments.
The AGOA ruling applies specifically to clothing and textiles, for which Lesotho has established a growing presence in the US market. **About a third of Lesothofs exports are sold there, and 90 per cent of those sales are of jeans and T-shirts. Since last April, apparel and textile exports to the US from Lesotho have risen by nearly 40 per cent.

(bolding mine)

[CrankyAsAnOldMan]

And it’s pronounced Luh-soo-too, in case anyone wonders.