Open AccessTextile sector:a study of the effects of the commercial openingon the Brazilian textile sector
Author(s) -
Simone Vilela Marquezini,
Paula Meyer Soares Passanezi,
Alexandre De Carvalho
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
revista ibero-americana de estratégia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2176-0756
DOI - 10.5585/ijsm.v3i1.48
Subject(s) - textile , restructuring , devaluation , business , textile industry , process (computing) , secondary sector of the economy , operations management , industrial organization , economy , exchange rate , economics , finance , political science , computer science , geography , archaeology , law , operating system
The process of commercial opening occurred in 1990 during the Collor’s government made the transformation industry get into a restructuring process. The objective of this paper is to present the effects of the commercial opening of the textile sector during the period of 1993-2004 and main strategies adopted for the enterprises. The study was based on interview of the executives and institutions related to the textile sector. After ten years, the commercial opening is considered positive to the improvement of the productive structure of the sector. Besides the reduction on tariffs and the devaluation of the exchange rate in 1999, was pointed of the responsible factors of the adjusting process.