Brazilian textile and apparel sector for 2022

• Textile and Apparel Chain Revenue: BRL 190 billion (2021)
• Exports (excluding cotton fiber): USD 1,14 billion
• Imports (excluding cotton fiber): USD 5,9 billion
• Trade balance (excluding cotton fiber): negative USD 4,8 billion
• Investments in the sector: BRL 4,9 billion (2021)
• Average apparel production:  8,1 billion pieces (apparel + socks and accessories + home textiles)(2021)
• Average textile production: 2,16 million tons (2021)
• Workers: 1,34 million direct employees and 8 million more if indirect employees and income effect are added, 60% of which are women;
• 2^nd largest employer in the manufacturing industry, behind only the (joint) food and beverage industry
• Number of companies: 22,5 thousand nationwide (legally registered);
• Among the top five denim producers and consumers in the world
• Among the four largest knitwear producers in the world
• Accounts for 19.5% of employees and 6% of Manufacturing Industry revenues
• São Paulo Fashion Week is among the top five fashion weeks in the world
• We have over 100 fashion schools and colleges
• A nearly 200-year-old industry in the country
• Brazil is the largest complete Textile Chain in the West: Only we have everything from the production of fibers, such as cotton, to fashion shows, spinning, weaving, processing, apparel and retail
• Brazil is an international reference in the design of beachwear, jeanswear and homewear, having also grown in the fitnesswear and underwear segments

Updated in March 2023