Decision was made during a talk between president Dilma Rousseff and her Mexican counterpart, Felipe Calderón. Brazilians want to include vehicles other than passenger cars in the treaty.
Author: Agência Brasil
The country produced 768 million barrels of petroleum and 24 billion cubic metres of natural gas last year, according to the National Petroleum Agency. The figures are all-time highs.
At US$ 1.291 billion, the negative result was the highest for the period since records started being kept, in 1973. International crisis caused demand to drop, according to Foreign Trade secretary.
The balance between Brazil’s inflow and outflow of dollars was reached in January, up to the 27th, according to the Central Bank.
New system which enables foreign trade operations to be registered on the internet starts operating this Wednesday. The ministry in charge is still clarifying questions.
In December last year, the level in Brazil’s six largest metropolitan regions was 4.7%, as against 5.2% in November and 5.3% in December 2010.
Foreign direct investment in Brazil reached US$ 66.66 billion last year, which financed the US$ 52.612 billion current transaction deficit, an all-time high.
Brazilian foreign trade ran a deficit for the third week in a row. Exports reached US$ 3.206 billion and imports, US$ 3.785 billion.
The funds were made available in the form of government bonds. The operation concludes the allocation, of US$ 31 billion to the bank, as authorized last year.
The industry produced 35.2 million tonnes of raw steel last year. Rolled steel manufacturing, however, dropped by 1.1% and reached 25.1 million tonnes.
The figure for 2011 is the highest since 1997, when it started being recorded. There was growth of 12% as against 2010.
The figure concerns the difference between the inflow and outflow of foreign currency in Brazil up until the 13th this month, according to information supplied by the Central Bank.
According to a Central Bank survey, financial market analysts have revised their 2012 GDP growth estimate downward from 3.3% to 3.27%.
Ruling applies to capital goods and computer items and will remain in force until the end of the year. The main beneficiaries are the petrochemical, pulp and paper, and oil industries.
