Tombam textile and apparel exports 8% in September – Company

Textile and apparel exports fell 8% in September

Among the destination countries that experienced the greatest failures were the main national export markets: England, the United States, Italy, Spain, Germany.




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Portuguese text and clothing exports maintained a trend of restrictions, facing a similar decline of 8% in value and 12% in quantity in September, according to official data.

Specifically, in September, Portugal exported 447 million euros, equivalent to 35 thousand tons of goods, according to data released by the Portuguese Textile and Apparel Association (ATP) which stated that the export performance was “in line with the subject” I have come to be the performance of textile trade and world clothing in recent months.”

In its statement, ATP determined that textiles and other finished texts, as well as clothing in textile format, were the products most affected due to non-respect of export values, with debts of 8.3 million euros and 7 euros respectively. .9 million euros. Among the destination countries that experienced the greatest failures were the main national export markets: England, the United States, Italy, Spain, Germany.

Therefore, the organization led by Mário Jorge Machado points out that there are markets that perform well, such as France (+2% in value) and Canada (+12%).

On an accumulated basis, in the first nine months of the year, Portugal exported 4,408 thousand euros (-6% in equivalent value) and 359 thousand tons (-12%) of texts and clothing.



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