Brazilian fashion
Brazilian fashion industry encompasses over 30,000 formal companies that together move BRL 50 billion per year. The employee count is more than 1.7 million, of which 75% are women. From 2007 to 2012, over USD 10 billion invested in the Brazilian textile industry, which is the 5th largest in the world - while the confection industry is the 4th largest. Approximately 9.8 billion pieces are produced every year in what is the second largest employer of the transformation industry in Brazil.