The sector should end the year with a small rate of growth, lower than the average of the last few years, which was 2%, according to projections of the Brazilian Packaging Association.
Author: Agência Brasil
The Brazilian oil company should end 2011 with a trade deficit due to rising domestic consumption of oil derivatives, especially gasoline.
According to an Applied Economic Research Institute specialist, greater confidence in economy and the inflow of speculative capital explain the rise in foreign investment in Brazil since late 2010.
Pre-salt layer oil exploration should foster the growth of various sectors of the industry and generate 2 million jobs by 2020 in Brazil, according to a study of the Petroleum Industry Organization.
The purpose of Conaero, launched this Tuesday by the Brazilian government, is to establish and monitor performance targets at Brazilian airport terminals.
The organization wants to raise funds among Brazilians to provide humanitarian aid to 1.1 million people in a ‘dire situation.’
The Brazilian balance of trade recorded a US$ 366 million surplus in the second week of August. Exports reached US$ 5.3 billion and imports reached US$ 5 billion.
Brazil shipped the equivalent of US$ 86 billion in agricultural products to foreign countries in the past 12 months, a 24% increase compared with the previous period. China is the main target market.
The amount of foreign currency in store reached an all-time high this week, according to the Central Bank.
The Economic Research Institute shows that depreciation of currencies like the US and Chinese cancel tariffs negotiated at the WTO and favour exports of these nations, harming others’, like Brazil’s.
The rate of employment in the Brazilian industrial segment declined in June when compared with May, after three months of stability.
A communiqué issued after the meeting between the Syrian government and envoys from India, Brazil and South Africa shows that the Syrian president accepts that errors were made by security forces.
The surplus represents the difference between the inflow and outflow of currency in the Brazilian economy in the first five days of August.
At the UN’s conference on sustainability, due next year in Rio, Brazil is going to speak for public policies that protect the environment and social inclusion.
