Ceara State rejoices expansion & growth in textile industry
14 Nov '05
3 min read
The main focus is still on the South and Southeast regions that together acquire 80 percent of what is produced in the State.
The exports answer for another 15 percent. Throughout the country, there are 30 thousand companies working in yarn and fabric production and the manufacturing of not only clothes, but also bed and table linen.
In Ceara, 2002 data show that there were 133 companies in the yarn, weaving, knit and finishing and 1,888 apparel industries.
Excluding the natural fiber products, the textile chain can be divided into three great blocks: fibers and filaments; manufactured products, with yarns, fabrics and knits; and finishing and apparel, including clothing and bed, table and bath linen.
Indicators released by ABIT in the Chain Sectorial Report in 2005 show that fiber and filament production is restricted to larger companies, due to scale and competition.
The end of this chain is made up of a great universe of small and medium companies. This is where intensive labor occurs.
To account for this productivity, ABIT reveals that, last year, there were 311 thousand job positions in the yarn and fabric chain, compared to 1.171 million in the apparel industry in the country.
In Ceara, according to Sindtextil, 18 thousand direct jobs are mobilized in the textile industry and 29 thousand in the apparel industry.
Veronica Perdigao believes that the lack of training of the majority of this labor is one of the sector's bottlenecks.
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