Report made in collaboration with the Associação Brasileira da Indústria Têxtil e de Confecção (Abit), Centro de TecnologÃa de la Industria QuÃmica y Textil (SENAI CETIQT), and Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (SENAI).
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Brazil: number of employees in the textile and apparel sector 2015-2021
In 2021, there were over **** million employees working in the textile and apparel industry in Brazil, which shows a slight increase in relation to the previous year. Overall, the number of employees in Brazil's clothing and textile sector has declined since 2015.
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IEMI Inteligência de Mercado. (February 16, 2023). Number of employees in the textile and apparel industry in Brazil from 2015 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/971816/number-jobs-textile-apparel-industry-brazil/
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