Portugal's Clothing and Textile Industry Is 11,965 Companies and 118,000 Jobs, and a New Study Says It Is the Factories, Not the Brands, Driving the Green Switch
A Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos study sizes the sector at 1.7 percent of GDP and 7.8 percent of exports, with 87 percent of the turnover in the north. Its seven case studies find Portuguese mills, not their customers, developing the new materials and processes.