Authorisations for foreigners to work in Brazil rose 25.9% last year, according to the Ministry of Labour. Most are for jobs in the naval and oil sectors.
Author: Agência Brasil
The index calculated by the Applied Economics Research Institute rose from 67.2 points in December to 69 in January.
Brazil had a greater inflow than outflow of dollars in January, after three months running of negative results.
The fourth arrival and departure terminal at the airport started operating on Wednesday. The space is used by airline Webjet.
Last week, trade between Brazil and the world generated a surplus for the first time this year.
Analysts raise estimates for growth of the Brazilian economy in 2012 and 2013, to 3.3% and 4.2%, respectively.
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.
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.
