According to the chairman of the European Parliament delegation for Mercorsur relations, Luis Yáñes, Brazil is the country of the hour because of its social and economic progress.
Author: Agência Brasil
Assessment by the National Confederation of Industries shows that the sector kicked off the year at a moderate pace. Production dropped in January, but grew in February and March.
The US$ 364 million deficit was a result of US$ 3.414 billion in exports and US$ 3.778 billion in imports. The week only had three working days.
Shipments reached 2.8 million tonnes in the first quarter and revenues totalled US$ 2 billion. National production was 8.5 million tonnes of raw steel and 6.4 million tonnes rolled steel.
The number of mobile subscriptions has reached 210.5 million in March in Brazil, according to National Telecommunications Agency figures.
The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil was positive by US$ 605 million up as of last Friday, April 15th, according to a bulletin of the Central Bank.
The appreciation of Brazilian real is the effect of the country’s strong attraction of foreign investment, according to Development, Industry and Foreign Trade minister Fernando Pimentel.
There was an increase in domestic flights in March compared with the same month of 2010. In international routes, the increase was close to 30%.
Federal revenues totalled US$ 45 billion in March, a record figure for the month, according to the Revenue Service.
Brazilian exports reached US$ 4.7 billion and imports reached US$ 4.5 billion last week, according to the Development Ministry.
Brazilian exports totalled US$ 4.7 billion and imports, US$ 4.5 billion last week, according to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade.
The information was culled from a survey issued by the Institute of Applied Economic Research (Ipea) this Thursday. Domestic demand alone suffices to outstrip the capacity of expansion projects.
Laad Defence & Security was kicked off this Tuesday by the acting president of Brazil, Michel Temer, and the minister of Defence, Nelson Jobim.
At a meeting with Dilma Rousseff, the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, promised to open the country’s market to Brazilian products such as pork and beef, tobacco and citrus fruit.
