Of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, 183 have already confirmed presence in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to take place in Rio next month.
Author: Agência Brasil
Employment in Brazilian industry dropped 0.4% in March as against February, and 1.2% over the same period in 2011, according to the IBGE.
Power generation increased by 5.3% in April 2012 compared with April 2011, mostly due to industrial demand.
This year, 50.45 million bags will be harvested, according to the National Food Supply Company. The figure exceeds the record set in 2002-2003.
The Brazil Commodities Index increased by 0.58% in April compared with March, according to the Central Bank. Over a 12-month period, the index dropped by 5.21%.
Industrial revenues increased by 0.9% in Brazil in March as against February, but the use of installed capacity dropped by 0.5 percentage point, according to the National Confederation of Industries.
The president of the International Red Cross has called for extra funding of US$ 27 million for the organisation to maintain humanitarian aid in Syria. The country has been in conflict for 14 months.
Automobile manufacturing dropped by 15.5% in April compared with March, according to the National Association of Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea). A total of 260,200 new units were made.
Finance market projections have been slightly altered. The estimate for growth of the Brazilian GDP is now 3.23%.
The equivalent volumes of oil and gas were obtained by Brazil in March. The performance in the country represented a 5% reduction over February.
According to the company’s president Graça Foster, recent oil discoveries have increased its interest in the continent even further. Petrobras already operates in seven African countries.
The demand increased by 6.83% in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 2011, according to the Abegás.
The Brazilian trade balance had a US$ 881 million surplus in April, as a result of US$ 19.5 billion in exports and US$ 18.6 billion in imports.
The inflow of dollars exceeded the outflow by US$ 5.8 billion last month, up to the 27th, according to the Central Bank.
