Brazilian ambassador Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo was chosen director general of the World Trade Organisation on Tuesday (7). He defeated the Mexican candidate and will be sworn in on August 31st.
Author: Agência Brasil
The investment plan was announced this Monday during a meeting of company executives with the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.
The Centre-South of Brazil should harvest 589.6 million tonnes of sugarcane in the next crop, according to forecasts by the sector association. The previous crop totalled 532.7 million tonnes.
The number of foreign request for asylum in Brazil rose from 566 to 2,008 in three years. They are mainly immigrants from Angola, Colombia, the Congo, Iraq, Liberia and Syria.
Citizens from Brazil who travelled abroad in March 2013 have spent US$ 1.8 billion. It is the highest-ever amount for the month.
In the third week of April, Brazilian imports amounted to US$ 6.9 billion and exports stood at US$ 4.6 billion. The deficit was US$ 1.3 billion.
Most of the country’s onshore gas will be used in generating power. A tender for exploration of onshore blocks is due in October.
Petrobras informed that starting next year, the country’s output volume will match that of consumption. From 2007 until last year, demand for oil products was up 4.9% and output was up 3.4%.
A research by the National Confederation of Industries shows growth in sector production, from 46.1 points in February to 52.9 points last month.
The number of formal jobs generated dropped as against February, when 123,400 new work posts were generated in the country. This was the best march of the last three years.
A report from the International Monetary Fund estimates that the Brazilian economy should grow by 3% this year. The estimate is down 0.5 percentage point from January.
Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo is one of five candidates still competing for World Trade Organization director-general, after the first phase of the selection process.
The economic activity index, measured by the Central Bank of Brazil, presented a drop in comparison with January. This was the worst result for the month, in this comparison, since the figure started being recorded, in 2003.
Brazil’s minister of Sports, Aldo Rebelo, has said work at stadiums in the 12 2014 World Cup host cities is at least half-completed.
