The objective of the 1934 legislation imposing quotas on imported goods from non-British sources was to

The objective of the 1934 legislation imposing quotas on imported goods from non-British sources was to exclude cheap Japanese textiles. This legislation was introduced by the British colonial government in Nigeria as a means of protecting British textile manufacturers from competition by cheaper textile imports from non-British sources, especially Japan. The legislation was a response to the decline in the demand for British textiles, which resulted from the Great Depression of the 1930s. By imposing quotas on imports of non-British textiles, the British colonial government sought to maintain the British textile industry's market share in Nigeria.