Fashion Statistics Brazil
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General data
Population: 200.4 million
Labor force: 109.8 million
Unemployment rate: 9%
GDP per capita (PPS): 11,208 dollars
Domestic market value of the fashion industry: 49 billion dollars
Total labor force in fashion: 33,000
Number of people employed in fashion: 1.7 million
Number of fashion companies: 33,000
Total annual production: 11 000
Havaianas, part of the Alpargatas group and manufacturer of flip flops is not only the most popular and best-known fashion brand from Brazil. It also ranks second among the Top 5 Largest Brazilian Fashion Companies.
The following table shows the largest companies in fashion from Brazil.
| Company name | Market value | Annual revenue | Company type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grendene S.A. | 1.5 billion dollars | 638 million dollars | Public |
| 2 | Alpargatas S.A. | 1.3 billion dollars | 1.1 billion dollars | Public |
| 3 | Guararapes Confeccoes S.A. | 988 million dollars | 1.58 billion dollars | Public |
| 4 | Lojas Renner S.A. | 743 million dollars | 954 million dollars | Public |
| 5 | Cia Hering S.A. | 694 million dollars | 480 million dollars | Public |
Annual expenditure on clothing and footwear: 48.6 billion dollars
Total exports of textile, apparel and footwear: 3.5 billion dollars
Exports of clothing and textiles: 2.3 billion dollars
Raw cotton: 1.1 billion dollars
Nonwoven textiles: 173 million dollars
Synthetic filament yarn: 66 million dollars
Artificial filament tow: 50 million dollars
Exports of footwear and headwear: 1.25 billion dollars
Footwear, with leather body: 503 million dollars
Other footwear of rubber or plastics: 494 million dollars
Parts of Footwear: 158 million dollars
Footwear, with textile body: 67 million dollars
Total imports of textiles, apparel and footwear: 7.8 billion dollars
In Brazil, imports valued up to 3,000 dollars have a tax mark-up of 60 percent. Therefore apparel and footwear are not among the country's highests imports.
Imports of clothing: 6.7 billion dollars
Synthetic filament yarn: 775 million dollars
Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn: 570 million dollars
Women’s suit not knit: 317 million dollars
Women’s shirt not knit: 243 million dollars
T-shirts: 181 million dollars
Sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts, etc: 158 million dollars
Imports of footwear and headwear: 1.1 billion dollars
Footwear, with textile body: 339 million dollars
Other footwear of rubber or plastics: 93 million dollars
Footwear, with leather body: 90 million dollars
Parts of footwear; 68 million dollars