Cheap imports are threatening Ghana’s textile industry. While West African prints have made it to fashion catwalks of Western world, yet at home the fabric industry is suffering because of cheap fake imports. In response, consumers are being exhorted to support the industry and promote their culture by wearing local fabrics.

Imitated designs and fabrics are displayed at fashion shows depriving the original owners of revenue. The cost of production in the country is very high and textile companies employ creative minds at a high cost to generate designs for the fabrics.

Textile manufacturing in Ghana consists of ginneries and textile mills producing batik, wax cloth, fancy printed cloth and Kente cloth. Firms have located in Ghana to serve local and regional markets with printed African patterned fabrics. The industry has shown signs of significant growth in recent years, promoting high-quality traditionally designed fabrics as "Made in Ghana" to niche markets, especially the US.

Ghanaian textile companies prefer to locate within designated industrial areas to take advantage of Ghana's free zone regime and stable operating environment. Today, Ghana's textiles industry include vertically integrated mills, horizontal weaving factories and the traditional textile manufacturing firms involved in spinning, hand-weaving and fabric-processing. The country’s textile exports include cotton yarn, cotton fabric, printed fabric, polyester fabric, blankets and bed sheets.