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ABSTRACT
The Brazilian textile and apparel sector faced many problems during the 1990s, due in part to the opening of the Brazilian market to imported products; the competitiveness of textile imports, principally from Eastern Asia; the increasing costs of production, especially those related to labor; and difficulty in accessing reasonably priced credit, which has diminished investment in more modern plants and equipment. Consequently, the number of textile and apparel firms and employees.

According to the Brazilian Textile Industry Association (ABIT) and the Textile Industry Syndicate (SINDITEXTIL), total domestic textile fiber production for 1995 was estimated at 994 thousand metric tons. Natural fibers accounted for over 60 percent (606 thousand metric tons) of total domestic production, and cotton accounted for 93 percent (565 thousand metric tons) of total natural fiber production. Total fiber production equaled 1.1 - 1.2 million metric tons in the eighties and early nineties.

In spite of the general crisis faced by the textile and apparel sector during the nineties, total fiber consumption increased almost 16 percent from 1.14 million tons in 1992 to 1.32 million tons in 1996. Consumption by fiber type in 1996 was as follows (in thousand tons): cotton - 826.1; wool - 7.80; ramie - 10.60; silk - 0.11; jute - 14.60; viscose - 27.20; acetate - 7.60; nylon 107.30; polyester - 186.60; acrylic 26.90; and polypropylene - 107.10.

In 1996, cotton yarn consumption equaled 720 thousand tons. Most of the yarn resulted from domestic cotton fiber production. Domestic consumption of broad woven fabric for 1995 was estimated at 800 thousand tons, of which cotton comprised over 60 percent (500 thousand tons). Domestic consumption of knit fabric for 1995 was estimated at 400 thousand tons, of which 75 percent was represented by cotton yarn.
Total Brazilian textile exports were estimated at 283 thousand tons ($1.3 billion) in 1996. Mercosur countries (i.e., Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay), the European Union, and the United States accounted for about 22 percent of total Brazilian textile exports. The breakdown of exports in 1996 were as follows: fibers--$78.9 million; yarns--$179.8 million; filament--$72.8 million. fabric--$284.5 million; apparel $474.9 million.

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