Fashion Statistics Portugal

National data

Metric	Value
Population:	10.3 million
Labor force:	5.2 million
Unemployment rate:	13 %
GDP per capita (PPS):	28,760 dollars

Portuguese Apparel and Textile Industry

The apparel and textile industry is one of the most important to the Portuguese economy. It makes up 15 percent of the total export and is one of the largest exporter in Europe. The Portuguese footwear is sold in more than 140 countries and more than seventy million pairs of shoe are exported each year.

Consumer Expenditure

Metric	Value
Annual expenditure on clothing:	7.5 billion dollars
Annual expenditure on footwear:	2 billion dollars

Fashion companies

	Company name	Market value	Annual revenue	Company type
1	Modalfa Comercio e Servicios	614 million dollars	300 million dollars	Private
2	Lanidor	501 million dollars	204 million dollars	Private

Exports (2014)

Total exports of clothing, textiles and footwear: 8.7 billion dollars

Exports of clothing and textiles: 6.14 billion dollars

T-shirts: 1.04 billion dollars
House linen: 533 million dollars
Sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts, etc: 421 million dollars
Women’s suits, not knit: 369 million dollars
Men’s suits, not knit: 351 million dollars

Exports of footwear and headwear: 2.6 billion dollars

Footwear, with leather body: 2.2 billion dollars
Other footwear of rubber or plastics: 91.6 million dollars
Footwear with textile body: 66.4 million dollars
Parts of footwear: 65.5 million dollars
Other footwear: 52 million dollars

Imports (2014)

Total imports of clothing, textiles and footwear: 5.5 billion dollars

Imports of clothing: 4.6 billion dollars

Women’s suits, not knit: 321 million dollars
Men’s suits, not knit: 271 million dollars
Sweaters, pullovers, sweatshirts, etc: 249 million dollars
Synthetic filament yarn: 247 million dollars
Women’s suits: 137 million dollars
Women’s shirts, not knit: 105 million dollars
Men’s shirts, not knit: 92.3 million dollars

Imports of footwear and headwear: 890 million dollars

Footwear, with leather body: 239 million dollars
Parts of footwear: 210 million dollars
Other footwear of rubber or plastics: 165 million dollars
Footwear with textile body: 152 million dollars
Other footwear: 24.7 million dollars

Sources

These statistics pages are a product of FashionUnited Business Intelligence. For more fashion data, company information and statistics, please refer to the FashionUnited Business Intelligence homepage.

Sources: Eurostat, CIA, ILO, WTO, IBISWorld, OECD, Comtrade (UN), World Bank, Euratex, CZSO.