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Brazilian textile and apparel sector in 2019

• Textile and apparel revenue: USD 48,3 billion
• Exports (without cotton fiber): USD 2,6 billion
• Imports (without cotton fiber): USD 5,7 billion
• Trade balance (without cotton fiber): USD 4.8 billion negative
• Investments: USD 749 million
• Average apparel production: 3,1 billion items
• Workers: 1.5 million direct employees
• The second largest employer in the manufacturing industry
• Second largest first job generator
• Number of companies: 25,2 thousand
• Fourth most productive manufacturing park in the world
• Fourth largest textile producer in the world
• Sixth largest producer and third largest consumer of the world’s denim
• Fourth world’s knitwear producer
• Represents 16.7% of employment and 5.7% of the manufacturing industry revenues
• 100 schools and fashion colleges
• Brazil is a world reference in beachwear, jeanswear and homewear design. Also stands out in fitnesswear and underwear
• SPFW is among the world most important fashion weeks
• About 100 fashion journalists from around the world visit Brazil every year