稳定经济，以帮助巴西提高纺织品产量

Steady economy to help increase Brazilian textile output

Brazil’s fast growing economy and the population’s buoyant spending have resulted in a large increase in textile and clothing consumption per head in the country -- and this has provided a big boost to production, according to a report in the latest issue of Textile Outlook International from the business information company Textiles Intelligence.

Between 2005 and 2010, textile and clothing production in Brazil rose by 25.2%, and this trend is expected to continue. The industry is prominent in world terms and fulfils a central role in the country’s manufacturing sector. In 2010 it produced 2.25 mn tons of textiles and 1.96 mn tons of made-up articles, making Brazil the world’s fifth largest textile producer and fourth largest clothing producer.

Moreover, there has been a sharp increase in domestic demand as personal disposable incomes have risen, and this has manifested itself in an impressive 50% rise in fiber consumption per head during the five years to 2010. The increase in domestic demand has been met partly by a surge in imports. Nonetheless, domestic production has increased at an even faster rate.

Such fast growth has spurred a surge in acquisitions of new and more modern machinery by Brazilian manufacturers in a bid to increase productivity. As a result, the industry is becoming more capital intensive and has seen a reduction in its labor costs.

The industry also benefits from local sources of raw materials, especially cotton. Yields have risen to the point where they are among the highest in the world, and Brazil has become a major cotton exporter.

Not surprisingly, cotton continues to dominate fiber consumption by Brazil’s spinning mills, and the country has become the world’s second largest producer of denim fabric.

However, the scope for expanding synthetic fiber output and consumption is expected to increase considerably in the future as a result of developments in the country’s oil industry. At the same time, costs are likely to be markedly lower and this should provide users of synthetic fibers in the textile and clothing industry with substantial benefits in terms of availability and costs.

Despite increases in production and consumption, Brazil still has enormous potential for further growth. Economic progress in the past has tended to be erratic and bedeviled by rampant inflation. But today the country appears to be on a steady and sustainable upward path and this should lead to an even better outcome for the Brazilian textile and clothing industry.

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稳定经济，以帮助巴西提高纺织品产量

巴西快速增长的经济和人口强劲的消费，导致本国纺织品和服装的人均消费大量增加—这对本国纺织品和服装生产提供了巨大的鼓舞作用，据一篇发表在最新一期的国际纺织展望知悉。

2005年至2010年，巴西纺织品和服装生产增长25.2％，预计这一趋势将继续下去。这个行业在全球领域比较突出，在本国的制造业中处于核心地位。2010年，生产纺织品2.25万吨，制成品1.96万吨，使巴西成为世界上第五大纺织品生产国和第四大服装生产国。

此外，由于个人可支配收入的增加，国内需求急速增长。至2010年，五年时间，人均纤维消费上升50%。国内需求增加，部分进口激增。尽管如此，国内生产增长速度加快。

这种快速增长，带动了巴西一股新收购厂家，为了提高生产力和更现代化的机械。因此，纺织行业正慢慢向资本密集型产业发展，并减少其劳动力成本。

纺织行业还受益于当地的原材料来源,尤其是棉花。产量上升到世界最高，而且巴西成为世界上主要的棉花出口国之一。

毫不奇怪，棉花继续称霸巴西纺纱厂纤维消费量，该国已成为世界上第二大牛仔面料生产国。

然而，合成纤维产量的扩大和消费量预计在今后将增加，因此，大大地促进了该国石油工业的发展。与此同时，成本明显降低,从可用性和成本方面，这为纺织和服装行业的合成纤维用户带来了实实在在的好处。

尽管生产和消费增加，巴西仍具有进一步增长的巨大潜力。在过去,经济发展往往不稳定，通货膨胀猖獗。但今天，巴西出现了稳定和可持续发展的上升路径，这将使巴西纺织和服装产业有更好的发展。