From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – Exports of the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, exceeded US$ 1 billion for the 23rd month running. Sales totalled US$ 1.468 billion in January, guaranteeing the state the second position among the Brazilian states that exported most. This information was disclosed on the site of the government of the state of Minas Gerais.
The state of Minas Gerais answered, in January, to 13.4%, of the total exported by the country. Foreign sales of the state of Minas grew 35.4%, while the national average was 18.3%. In the accumulated result for 12 months, between February 2006 and January 2007, exports from Minas totalled US$ 16.022 billion.
*Translated by Mark Ament
