Last year, the country recycled 198,800 tonnes of aluminium, out of 202,500 tonnes sold. It was the ninth consecutive time that Brazil had the world’s highest recycling rate.
Author: Agência Brasil
The minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade of Brazil said that the trade balance surplus should be between US$ 15 billion and US$ 16 billion this year.
The company announced the discovery of great reserves in ultra-deep waters on the coast of the Northeast. Tests point at light oil.
In Brazil, the region concentrates companies with great growth. According to OECD classification, these companies post average growth of 20% in wage earning personnel.
The president of the Sugarcane Industry Union (Unica), Marcos Jank, stated that the United States and Europe may create barriers to imports of alcohol fuel produced in Brazil.
Due to the Petrobras capital increase, the Central Government registered in September its highest surplus in history, at US$ 15.3 billion. Year to date, the result has reached US$ 32.6 billion.
The Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade has informed that Brazilian exports may reach US$ 195 billion in 2010. The last estimate, from June, was US$ 180 billion.
Foreign direct investment into Brazil reached US$ 5.3 billion in September, exceeding the Central Bank’s estimate of US$ 2.7 billion. In the same month of 2009, the figure was US$ 1.8 billion.
From January to September, Brazilians spent US$ 11.468 billion abroad, against US$ 7.467 billion in the first nine months of 2009.
The forecast for growth in 2010 by analysts approached by the Central Bank of Brazil has been maintained at the same level for three weeks running.
Brazilian toy industry leaders met with president Lula last week to celebrate the mark of 1 billion toys made.
A research by the IBGE shows that tourism grew 22% between 2003 and 2007, as against expansion of 19.3% in the Brazilian economy as a whole in the period.
The National Treasury has raised US$ 657 million through issues of Brazilian foreign debt bonds on the European, North American and Asian markets.
According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the 6.2% unemployment rate recorded in September this year is Brazil’s lowest since records started being kept, in 2002.
