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These are indicative ranges based on typical Portuguese production benchmarks. Final pricing depends on your tech pack, fabric confirmation, trims, and lead time.
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Anatomy of an FOB price
Most founders blow margin because they don’t know what’s negotiable. This is the breakdown a Portuguese factory uses internally. Now you have it too.
Last update Q2 2026
Our methodology
We don’t guess. Every range comes from purchase orders our factory group has produced or quoted in the last 12 months across the Porto, Braga and Guimarães textile clusters.
Ranges are updated from real quotes our factory group produces for brands. Not a scraped price database from 2019.
Portugal’s mid-tier CMT is €1 to €3 above Turkey and €3 to €7 below Italy. The calculator reflects that, not generic “EU” averages.
Fabric, trims, MOQ tier, and complexity. Factories don’t break them out. We do, so you can plan line by line.
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