Output was 2.83 million barrels on average, an increase of 5% over April and of 2% in comparison to May of last year.
Author: Agência Brasil
In Q1, the bloc’s economy grew 0.6% over the last three months of 2015 and 1.7% over January to March from last year.
The share of this type of power source in the overall energy matrix went from 39.4% in 2014 to 41.2% last year, the Ministry of Mines and Energy reported.
The forecast based on a poll of financial institutions issued by the Brazilian Central Bank this Monday (6) is higher than last week’s.
On May 8, the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras surpassed 1 million oil barrels of oil equivalent (oil and natural gas) per day extracted in the pre-salt layer.
May’s index went up 0.3% over the previous month. In comparison to May 2015, however, there was a decline of 7.2%.
Installed capacity utilization rate stood at 76.9% in April, below 77.2% in March, according to a survey by the industry confederation.
After two consecutive months with a deficit, the consolidated public sector registered a surplus in April.
A survey conducted by Brazil’s National Federation of Industry shows that most Brazilian businesses use these new tools in but a few stages of the production process.
The projection of price increases from financial institutions polled by the Brazilian Central Bank went up slightly this week, from 7.04% in the last one.
The decline took place in April from March. The Brazilian National Treasury reported that both internal and external indebtedness levels shrank.
Brazil registered a surplus of USD 412 million in current accounts in April. Trade balance had a strong impact in the result.
Travelers spent USD 1 billion in other countries in April, way below the USD 1.6 billion spent in the same month of last year.
The National Supply Company estimates an output of 49.67 million bags this year, a 14.9% increase over 2015.
