The bloc’s member countries may raise the import tariffs on 200 different items by up to 35% for products supplied by third-party countries. The Brazilian list should include chemicals.
Author: Agência Brasil
The Brazilian Finance minister Guido Mantega stated that the government will use the necessary mechanisms to prevent the country’s currency, the real, from appreciating against the dollar again.
Current transactions in Brazil ran a US$ 6.8 billion deficit in November, resulting in a year-to-date deficit of US$ 45.8 billion, according to the Central Bank.
Presidents of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay will meet next Tuesday (20th) at the Mercosur Summit to discuss increasing the Common External Tariff on a list of 100 to 200 products.
The Brazilian balance of trade went back to a surplus last week, at US$ 542 million, after having run a US$ 731 million deficit in the preceding week.
The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff stated that her economic growth target for 2012 is 5%. She showed optimism and said inflation will remain under control.
This is the forecast for publication of the call to tender, according to the National Agency for Overland Transport. The auction should take place in September 2012.
Concession consortia for Guarulhos, Campinas and Brasília terminals must have member with at least 5 years’ experience in the business. In Brazil, only the state-owned Infraero meets the requirement.
The offices will be opened in early 2012. The announcement was made on Thursday (15) by José Graziano, the new director general of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Dollar outflow outstripped the inflow in Brazil from December 1 to 9, according to the Central Bank, resulting in a deficit in the flow of foreign exchange.
Dollar outflow outstripped the inflow in Brazil from December 1 to 9, according to the Central Bank, resulting in a deficit.
According to a Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) survey concerning 2009, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, Curitiba and Belo Horizonte accounted for 25% of the income.
The flag of Palestine was raised this Tuesday, for the first time ever, at the Unesco headquarters in Paris. The act celebrates the country’s becoming a full member of the United Nations organization.
The figure concerns the second week of December. During the period, imports stood at US$ 5 billion and exports reached US$ 4.273 billion.
