Brazil’s outflow of dollars exceeded the inflow in December. The Central Bank adopted measures to increase liquidity of foreign currency in the country.
Author: Agência Brasil
A Confederation of Industries research shows a confidence index of 57.4 points, one point below that recorded in November.
The indicator measured by the Brazilian Central Bank was up 0.36% in October from September, and up 4.96% from October last year.
Participation of imported products in the Brazilian market totalled 22.1% in the third quarter. Here was a drop of 0.2 percentage point over the three previous months.
In Paris, the Brazilian president said that cities with over 100,000 inhabitants must have an airport within a 60-kilometre range. She also said a tender for the high-speed rail will be floated soon.
The production volume should be up 4.72% in the 2012-2013 season, at 37.6 million tonnes; in turn, ethanol output should be down 5.22%, according to figures from the National Supply Company.
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the agricultural sector should grow 3.5% to 4% next year, according to estimates by the CNA.
Plants in Mid-South Brazil processed 32.9 million tonnes of sugar 20.3 billion litres of ethanol year-to-date.
Passenger flow at Brazilian airports is expected to increase by the rate in December and January. Turnover should be 25.7 million people.
The estimate for the Brazilian economy in 2012 has been revised downwards by the market for the fourth week running. A rate of 1.03% is expected.
During the bloc’s business forum, the under-tapped potential of renewable energy in the region was one of the topics discussed.
The trade of new vehicles dropped in November as against October and reached 311,700 units, according to the Anfavea.
The federal government announces that it will invest in the port sector. The objective is to grant greater competitiveness to the economy.
The company has found a light oil well at ultra-deep waters in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, on the northeastern coast of Brazil.
