Brazilian footwear industry creates 40,000 jobs
Data prepared by Brazilian national footwear industry body Abicalçados, based on information from the Ministry of Labour and Welfare, indicates that between January and August the footwear industry generated 40,000 jobs domestically.
According to the same source, in August alone, more than 5,000 jobs were created. The footwear sector ended August with more than 306,000 people directly employed throughout the country, which according to Abicalçados, is the highest figure for the sector since October 2015.
Haroldo Ferreira, the Executive President of Abicalçados, emphasised that the number is the result of the recovery of activity, with growth registered both in the domestic and overseas markets.
“In domestic retail, which represents more than 85% of sales in the footwear industry, we grew by 11% between January and July this year, compared to the same months last year,” he said. “Exports grew by 30% in the January-to-August period, compared to the same eight months of 2021.”
