According to Fernando Pimentel, President, Abit (Brazalian Textile and Apparel Industry Association) there was an increase of 36 per cent in Brazil’s textile production between January and May 2021, compared to the same period in 2020. Pimentel also highlighted the growth in clothing production, as well as in commerce and especially in jobs.

The executive also highlighted other important points about the current scenario and the impacts of changes in the world as of 2020: the more expressive recovery of the textile sector, which in 2020 can maintain its production with protection items, including masks, and the fact that the sector has not yet returned to the numbers before the pandemic, but the perspective is positive for it to grow again this year.

When it comes to clothing, the segment shows recovery from the worst moment of the pandemic, in April 2020, when the trade was closed. From the time, when there was an 81 per cent drop in sales revenues, they are expected to grow by 121 per cent during the same period in 2021, he added.

In 2021, textile production is expected to grow by 7.4 per cent, reaching 2 million tonne produced. As for revenue, a 9.2 per cent increase is expected in relation to 2020, reaching R$57.5 billion, Pimental added.

By Fashionating World
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