The Brazilian industry sold 353,738 vehicles during the month, representing growth of 30% over March of 2009. Exports grew by 67% and totalled 58,000 units.
Author: Agência Brasil
The state-owned company will start producing this month in Bambuí, Minas Gerais. Investment should total US$ 84 million and the plant’s initial capacity will be 100 million litres a year.
A financing contract has been signed by Transpetro, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), and the shipyard. The Panamax-type oil ships are evaluated at US$ 480 million. Delivery will start in 2012.
The surplus from January to March was US$ 895 million, resulting from US$ 39.229 billion in exports and US$ 38.334 billion in imports.
The Brazilian industrial production grew in February compared with the same month of last year. Segments with the highest growth rates included vehicles, with 36.3%, and machinery, with 42.3%.
Brasília – The Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, stated today (31st) that Brazil intends to make a new donation to Haiti, this time of US$ 172 million. Amorim made the announcement during the International Donors Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti, promoted by the United Nations (UN) in New York. At the
The sum of dollar inflow and outflow in Brazil remained positive as of the 26th. Year-to-date, the surplus is US$ 2.2 billion.
An official Petrobras press statement shows that the Board of Directors has approved an updating of the project portfolio for the 2011/2014 period, which forecasts investment of up to US$ 138 billion.
Most of these funds should go to the energy sector, especially exploration and production of oil and gas.
According to the Industrial Survey published today by the National Confederation of Industries, the sector’s expected export volume has gone from 53.5 points in February to 54.6 in March.
From March 1st to 19th, the deficit totalled US$ 2.345 billion. The year-to-date deficit is US$ 1.669 billion.
The industry had revenues of US$ 3 billion in February, expansion of 12% over January and 23.5% over February last year.
A survey conducted by the National Confederation of Industries shows that the index has remained stable from February to March. The outlook for the coming months is positive.
The US$ 48 million deficit was the result of imports of US$ 3.464 billion and exports of US$ 3,416 billion.
