Indigenous peoples of Brazil were already using cotton fiber to produce rustic fabrics before the Portuguese arrival.

Fiber production reaches unprecedented commercial levels, becoming an important economic activity in Colonial Brazil.

Brazil gains prominence in the global market as one of the largest producers and exporters of cotton.

This small insect brought in from abroad devastated cotton fields, especially in the Northeast, destroying entire growing areas.

800,000 workers lost their income due to the insect infestation. Changes in Brazil’s economic policy also contributed to a more than 60% reduction in the planted area.

Farmers began to rebuild, using new technologies and investing in the country’s Midwest, where cotton adapted well, creating a promising future.

Abrapa (Brazilian Cotton Growers Association) was founded, an entity that organized farmers and helped disseminate good agricultural practices and implement innovations in cotton cultivation.

ABR (Responsible Brazilian Cotton) is founded, a socio-environmental certification that certifies sustainable practices in national production.

Abrapa creates Sou de Algodão, a unique movement in Brazil that was created to encourage responsible fashion and an increase in fiber consumption in the domestic market.

Cotton Brazil is established as the brand for Brazilian cotton on the world market, promoting events, missions and various actions in countries that are customers of our fiber, with headquarters in Singapore.

The processing units now also receive socio-environmental certification, through the ABR-UBA program.

SouABR is founded, an unprecedented traceability program in the Brazilian textile industry. Since then, collections have been launched in partnerships with major retailers in the country.

The logistics stage is also incorporated into the ABR program, receiving socio-environmental certification with ABR Log.

In partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (Mapa), Abrapa creates the Brazilian Cotton Quality Program, which officially certifies the veracity of the High-Volume Instrument (HVI) reports issued by the country's laboratories.