Here was a decline of 1.4% in January as against December. Other indices, however, have increased.
Author: Agência Brasil
This year, 157.5 million tonnes of grain, leguminous and oleaginous plants should be harvested in Brazil, a figure 1.5% higher than in 2011, according to the Institute of Geography and Statistics.
The Brazilian government’s Growth Acceleration Programme ended the year with US$ 117 bn invested, according to the federal government. The value represents 21% of the forecast in 2014.
The good crop performance associated to high agricultural product prices in the global market caused the sector GDP to grow 3.9% in Brasil in 2011, more than the country GDP as a whole.
Finance minister Guido Mantega blames the crisis and says that if the international scenery had not worsened, the growth in Gross Domestic Product would be closer to 4%, higher than the 2.7% recorded.
The 2012 estimate is US$ 264 billion in foreign sales, growth of just 3.1% over last year.
The company expanded gas deliveries by 15.3% in 2011. Offer reached 37 million cubic metres of gas a day, a record.
The result was disclosed on Wednesday by the National Monetary Council, which approved the institution’s accounts.
The total reached US$ 355.5 billion this week. The president of the country’s Central Bank said that the institution’s policy includes dollar accumulation over time.
Shipments generated US$ 353 million in January, the best result for the month since 2006, when the historic series started being recorded.
The total was 8.7% lower than that recorded in the previous year. The organisation’s assets reached R$ 625 billion (US$ 365 billion).
The company produced 2.73 million barrels of oil equivalent a day in January, growth of 2.6% over the same month last year.
The energy generation capacity reached 117,135.72 megawatts in Brazil in 2011, with growth of 4% over the previous year.
The deficit was US$ 7 billion in January, according to the Central Bank.
