Tunisia's decades-old second-hand clothing market faces life-or-death crisis

STORY: Tunisia's decades-old second-hand clothing market faces life-or-death crisis DATELINE: Nov. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of second-hand clothing market in Tunis, capital of Tunisia STORYLINE: In Tunisia, purchasing second-hand goods is a local habit that sprouted after the Second World War, which has helped generate more than 200,000 jobs in its second-hand clothing market. However, the decades-old business is facing a long-term crisis of less or even no supply, which, as insiders warned, could lead to the demise of the business in the North African country. In a downtown thrift market in El Hafsia District of the capital Tunis, piles of used backpacks, handbags, trousers, shirts and shoes are displayed by venders for crowds of customers to choose from. According to Sahbi Maaloui, president of the National Chamber of Second-hand Wholesalers in Tunisia, 94 percent of people in the country are customers of second-hand shops. Quite a few used clot