The result refers to the trade balance last week. In the period, exports reached US$ 4.41 billion, with a daily average of US$ 1.102 billion.
Author: Agência Brasil
The Brazilian minister of Tourism, Gastão Vieira, claimed that the matter is under study. The first to benefit will be North Americans, Canadians and Mexicans.
The Brazilian president said developing nations require greater influence in the management of the fund to expand their contributions. The theme should be discussed by Brazil, India and South Africa.
This is the difference between Brazil’s inflow and outflow of foreign currency in the whole of 2011.
Up until October 1, 412 million tonnes were processed in the Mid-South, the main sugarcane farming region in Brazil. Sugar production declined by 4.2% and ethanol production decreased by 16.4%.
Petrobras signed a cooperation agreement with BG Brasil to develop oil exploration and production technologies for the pre-salt layer. The two companies will invest US$ 34 million.
Despite a 2.1 point reduction as against August, the Family Expectation Index, measured by the Ipea in September, continues showing optimism about the social and economic situation in the country.
The surplus was a result of US$ 5.4 billion in exports and US$ 4.828 billion in imports.
Journalist Tawakkul Karman is sharing the Nobel peace prize with two Africans, Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, and activist Leymah Gbowee. The decision was announced on Friday morning.
Frigate União sailed on Wednesday with a crew of around 300. The men and vessel should become part of the United Nations peace mission to the Arab country.
Vehicle manufacturing decreased by 19.7% in Brazil in September compared with August. Exports also declined, by 3.7%.
The figure was recorded from January to August and is 9.17% higher than in the same period of last year.
The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil yielded a positive result. Year-to-date, the figure has exceeded US$ 68 billion.
As a whole, Brazilian industrial output declined by 0.2% in August as against July, but the capital goods industry grew by 0.9%. It was the only sector to record a positive performance.
